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The surname Bradsher

A surname, carried by 1,402 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Bradsher: #19,306 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bradsher #19,306, 1,402 people Bradsher: #19,306 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bradsher #19,306, 1,402 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bradsher is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,402 people named Bradsher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,317.

#19,306
rank among US surnames
1,402
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+6.5%
change since 2000 (was #19,107)

Who is named Bradsher

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

56% of people named Bradsher identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 56%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
  • Two or more races 2.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bradsher

Bradsher 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 Bradsher?
1,402 people in the United States had the surname Bradsher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,218 Americans. It ranked 19,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bradsher?
In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Bradsher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bradsher getting more or less common?
More common. 1,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,402 in 2010, up 6.5%.