How common is the surname Broadbent?

3,605 people in the United States had the surname Broadbent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,644 Americans. It ranked 9,066th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Broadbent?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Broadbent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Broadbent?

Annie Broadbent, British artistic gymnast.

Where is the surname Broadbent most common?

Wikidata records people named Broadbent in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Broadbent?

Broadbent is /ˈbɹɔːdbɛnt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Broadbent getting more or less common?

More common. 3,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,605 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Broadbent

An English place surname, carried by 3,605 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹɔːdbɛnt/ 2 syllables Soundex B631

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broadbent is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English brād (“broad”) + beonet (“bentgrass, rush, reed”).

Broadbent 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 3,605 people named Broadbent in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,644 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,379.

#9,066

rank among US surnames

3,605

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,907)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,058	Wiggs	3,608	85,572
#9,061	Snavely	3,607	85,596
#9,064	Persons	3,606	85,620
#9,066	Lindo	3,605	85,644
#9,068	Frith	3,604	85,667
#9,073	Roan	3,603	85,691
#9,074	McElwee	3,602	85,715

Who is named Broadbent

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

94% of people named Broadbent identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Broadbents

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Annie Broadbent
British artistic gymnast, 1908–1996

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broadbent

Broadbent has the Soundex code B631, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B631.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broadbent come from?: From Old English brād (“broad”) + beonet (“bentgrass, rush, reed”).
How common is the surname Broadbent?: 3,605 people in the United States had the surname Broadbent in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,644 Americans. It ranked 9,066th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broadbent?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Broadbent identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Broadbent?: Annie Broadbent, British artistic gymnast.
Where is the surname Broadbent most common?: Wikidata records people named Broadbent in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Broadbent?: Broadbent is /ˈbɹɔːdbɛnt/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Broadbent?: Broadbent is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Broadbent getting more or less common?: More common. 3,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,605 in 2010, up 6.7%.