How common is the surname Bradstreet?

1,271 people in the United States had the surname Bradstreet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. It ranked 20,780th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bradstreet?

Anne Bradstreet, Anglo-American poet (1612–1672), followed by Tim Bradstreet.

Where is the surname Bradstreet most common?

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

Is the surname Bradstreet getting more or less common?

More common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,271 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Bradstreet

An English place surname, carried by 1,271 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bradstreet is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Bradstreet 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 1,271 people named Bradstreet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,169.

#20,780

rank among US surnames

1,271

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,960)

Who is named Bradstreet

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

90% of people named Bradstreet identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bradstreets

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anne Bradstreet
Anglo-American poet (1612–1672)
Tim Bradstreet
American artist and illustrator, born 1967

Notable Bradstreets come mostly from the Kingdom of England (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bradstreet

Bradstreet has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bradstreet come from?: Topographic surname for someone who lived by a Roman road, from Old English brād (“broad”) + strǣt (“paved highway, street”).
How common is the surname Bradstreet?: 1,271 people in the United States had the surname Bradstreet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,915 Americans. It ranked 20,780th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bradstreet?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bradstreet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bradstreet?: Anne Bradstreet, Anglo-American poet (1612–1672), followed by Tim Bradstreet.
Where is the surname Bradstreet most common?: Wikidata records people named Bradstreet in the Kingdom of England and the United States.
What type of surname is Bradstreet?: Bradstreet is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bradstreet getting more or less common?: More common. 1,169 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,271 in 2010, up 8.7%.