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    The surname Broaden

    An English place surname, carried by 643 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B635

    Broaden: #35,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Broaden #35,057, 643 people Broaden: #35,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Broaden #35,057, 643 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broaden is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Broaden 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 643 people named Broaden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 480,164 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 571.

    #35,057
    rank among US surnames
    643
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.6%
    change since 2000 (was #36,860)

    Who is named Broaden

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

    93% of people named Broaden identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Broaden

    Broaden has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Broaden come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Broaden?
    643 people in the United States had the surname Broaden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 480,164 Americans. It ranked 35,057th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Broaden?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Broaden identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Broaden?
    Broaden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Broaden getting more or less common?
    More common. 571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 643 in 2010, up 13%.