# Brathwaite (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brathwaite/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,429 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,040 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (2,812 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brathwaite 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) | 3.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brathwaite in Barbados.

## People named Brathwaite

- Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian hurdler
- Kamau Brathwaite, Barbadian poet (1930–2020)

## Similar surnames

Braithwaite, Burdette, Burdett, Broadwater, Broadhead.

## 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.