How common is the surname Braddock?

4,906 people in the United States had the surname Braddock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,932 Americans. It ranked 6,858th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Braddock?

James J. Braddock, American boxer (1905-1974), followed by Edward Braddock.

Where is the surname Braddock most common?

Wikidata records people named Braddock in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

How do you pronounce Braddock?

Braddock is /ˈbɹædək/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Braddock getting more or less common?

More common. 4,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,906 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Braddock

A surname, carried by 4,906 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹædək/ 2 syllables Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Braddock is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,906 people named Braddock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,932 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,883.

#6,858

rank among US surnames

4,906

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,420)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,851	Eckman	4,914	62,830
#6,852	Villalba	4,913	62,843
#6,853	Kyles	4,911	62,868
#6,854	Wilmot	4,910	62,881
#6,855	Harrod	4,909	62,894
#6,856	Quijada	4,908	62,907
#6,857	Nieman	4,907	62,919

Who is named Braddock

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

82% of people named Braddock identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Braddocks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James J. Braddock
American boxer (1905-1974)
Edward Braddock
Army general from Great Britain (1695–1755)

Notable Braddocks come mostly from the United States (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Braddock

Broaddus

Braddock has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

How common is the surname Braddock?: 4,906 people in the United States had the surname Braddock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,932 Americans. It ranked 6,858th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Braddock?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Braddock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Braddock?: James J. Braddock, American boxer (1905-1974), followed by Edward Braddock.
Where is the surname Braddock most common?: Wikidata records people named Braddock in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Braddock?: Braddock is /ˈbɹædək/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Braddock getting more or less common?: More common. 4,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,906 in 2010, up 0.5%.