# Bradfield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bradfield/  
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) | 4,288 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,743 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,002 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (4,157 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English brād (“broad”) + feld (“field”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bradfield 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bradfield in New Zealand and Australia.

## People named Bradfield

- William A. Bradfield, Australian amateur astronomer
- John Bradfield, Australian engineer

## Similar surnames

Bradford, Bradberry, Bradbury, Broadbent, Bradburn, 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.