# Bradshaw (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bradshaw/  
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 derived from these places.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 42,465 |
| US rank (2010) | 818 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,271 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (40,794 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Brayshaw |

## Etymology

From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bradshaw 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bradshaw in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Bradshaw

- Terry Bradshaw, American football player and sports analyst (born 1948)
- Tom Bradshaw, association football player
- Sufe Bradshaw, American actress
- Tiny Bradshaw, American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer (190
- Ahmad Bradshaw, American football player (born 1986)
- Booker Bradshaw, American actor
- Gillian Bradshaw, American writer
- George Bradshaw, British cartographer, printer, and publisher (1801–1853)

## Similar surnames

Bradish, Broadus, Bradsher, Bradstreet, Bridges, Burdick, Bratcher, Beardsley, Bridge, Bartz, Birdsong, Braddock.

## 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.