# Broaden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/broaden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 643 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,057 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 480,164 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (571 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a broad valley, from Old English brād (“broad”) + dene (“valley”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of the surname Braden.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Broaden 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) | 3.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Borden, Braden, Bearden, Burden, Barden, Braaten, Bratten, Bryden, Boardman, Broadnax, Bradner, Burton.

## 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.