# Bradstreet (surname)

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

A 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) | 1,271 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,780 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 242,915 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.7% (1,169 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived by a Roman road, from Old English brād (“broad”) + strǣt (“paved highway, street”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bradstreet 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bradstreet in the Kingdom of England and the United States.

## People named Bradstreet

- Anne Bradstreet, Anglo-American poet (1612–1672)
- Tim Bradstreet, American artist and illustrator

## Similar surnames

Bradshaw, Bradsher, Bradish, Bridges, Burdick, Bratcher, Beardsley, Bridge, Bartz, Birdsong, Braddock, Bridgeman.

## 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.