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    The surname Bradfield

    An English place surname, carried by 4,288 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B631

    Bradfield: #7,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bradfield #7,743, 4,288 people Bradfield: #7,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bradfield #7,743, 4,288 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bradfield is more common than 95.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Bradfield is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,288 people named Bradfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,002 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,157.

    #7,743
    rank among US surnames
    4,288
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #7,393)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,734Beaudry4,29371,918
    #7,737Litchfield4,29071,969
    #7,739Atwater4,28971,985
    #7,743Bradfield4,28872,002
    #7,744Depriest4,28772,019
    #7,747Tao4,28672,036
    #7,748Dixson4,28572,053

    Who is named Bradfield

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

    82% of people named Bradfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bradfields

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William A. Bradfield
      Australian amateur astronomer, 1927–2014
    • John Bradfield
      Australian engineer, 1867–1943

    Notable Bradfields come mostly from New Zealand (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bradfield

    Bradfield has the Soundex code B631, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B631.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bradfield come from?
    From Old English brād (“broad”) + feld (“field”).
    How common is the surname Bradfield?
    4,288 people in the United States had the surname Bradfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,002 Americans. It ranked 7,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bradfield?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Bradfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bradfield?
    William A. Bradfield, Australian amateur astronomer, followed by John Bradfield.
    Where is the surname Bradfield most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bradfield in New Zealand and Australia.
    What type of surname is Bradfield?
    Bradfield is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bradfield getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,288 in 2010, up 3.2%.