# Bradbury (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bradbury/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,172 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,343 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,781 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (8,065 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English brād (“broad”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bradbury in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bradbury in the United States and Australia.

## People named Bradbury

- Ray Bradbury, American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)
- Steven Bradbury, Australian short-track speed skater
- Norris Bradbury, American physicist
- Robert N. Bradbury, American film director (1886-1949)
- Jack Bradbury, animator (1914-2004)
- Neve Bradbury, Australian cyclist
- William Batchelder Bradbury, American composer (1816-1868)
- Steven G. Bradbury, American lawyer

## Similar surnames

Bradberry, Bradford, Bradburn, Bradfield, Broadbent, Brodbeck, Breithaupt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.