# Bradway (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bradway/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,388 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,469 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 222,439 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (1,346 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹædweɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English brād (“broad”) + weġ (“path, road, way”). Likely a vowel-shifted variant of the surname Broadway, which is derived from the same roots. The words "broad way" have been used in English to name wide roads and associated settlements for over a millennium.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bradway 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Broadway, Brady, Brody, Braddy, Braud, Broad, Broady, Bradt, Barrett, Byrd, Beard, Baird.

## 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.