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    The surname Broaddus

    A surname, carried by 1,954 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B632

    Broaddus: #15,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Broaddus #15,099, 1,954 people Broaddus: #15,099 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Broaddus #15,099, 1,954 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broaddus is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Broadus.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,954 people named Broaddus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,007 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,876.

    #15,099
    rank among US surnames
    1,954
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #14,563)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,090Palombo1,955157,926
    #15,099Schaible1,954158,007
    #15,104Quispe1,953158,088

    Who is named Broaddus

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

    74% of people named Broaddus identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Broaddus

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Broaddus come from?
    Variant of Broadus.
    How common is the surname Broaddus?
    1,954 people in the United States had the surname Broaddus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,007 Americans. It ranked 15,099th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Broaddus?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Broaddus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Broaddus getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,876 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,954 in 2010, up 4.2%.