Show ContentsBrodowski History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Bavaria, Germany is the ancestral home of the ancestors of the Brodowski family name. The Brodowski surname is derived from the German word "brot," which means "bread," and was originally an occupational name for a person who baked or sold bread. As a surname it was often combined with suffixes such as "mann." Brotbacher means a baker of bread.

Early Origins of the Brodowski family

The surname Brodowski was first found in Bavaria, where this family name was associated with significant developments in the district from ancient times.

Early History of the Brodowski family

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Brodowski Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brot, Brote, Brott, Brotte, Braut, Braute, Brautt, Brautte, Brotts, Brotz, Brots, Brodt, Brot, von Brodt and many more.

Early Notables of the Brodowski family

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Migration of the Brodowski family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: William Brotts who arrived in Virginia in 1665; J. Brott who settled in San Francisco in 1850; Peter Brotz who arrived in America with his family in 1852.


Contemporary Notables of the name Brodowski (post 1700) +

  • Stanley Brodowski, American Republican politician, Candidate for Wisconsin State Assembly from Milwaukee County 12th District, 1948 1
  • Edmund Z. Brodowski, American politician, U.S. Consul in Solingen, 1898 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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