# Broadus (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/broadus/  
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 | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,156 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,211 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 97,828 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (3,032 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English, yet the exact origin is obscure. Possibly representing a family name formed from Old English brād (“broad”) + hūs (“house”); a corruption of Broadhurst; or possibly from the placename Broadwas.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Broadus 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) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Broadus in the United States.

## People named Broadus

- Rashaun Broadus, American basketball player (born 1984)
- John Albert Broadus, American pastor and theologian (1827–1895)
- Snoop Dogg, American rapper (born 1971)

## Similar surnames

Broaddus, Bordas, Bradshaw, Brodsky, Bradsher, Bradish, Bridges, Burdick, Bratcher, Beardsley, Bridge, Bartz.

## 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.