# Bradner (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 561 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,212 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 550,349 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.6% (673 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * English habitational surname from a place called Bradnor Hill, in Herefordshire, named with Old English brādan, dative form of brād (“broad, wide”), + ōra (“hill slope”). * An altered spelling of South German Brettner, an occupational surname for someone who cut shingles or boards.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bradner 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bradner in the United States.

## People named Bradner

- Hugh Bradner, American physicist (1915–2008)

## Similar surnames

Bordner, Braden, Barden, Broadnax, Burdine, Braaten, Bradham, Bratten, Bryden, Broaden, Burton, Barton.

## 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.