How common is the surname Broadus?

3,156 people in the United States had the surname Broadus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,828 Americans. It ranked 10,211th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Broadus?

Rashaun Broadus, American basketball player (born 1984), followed by John Albert Broadus.

Where is the surname Broadus most common?

Wikidata records people named Broadus in the United States.

Is the surname Broadus getting more or less common?

More common. 3,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,156 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Broadus

An English place surname, carried by 3,156 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broadus is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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.

Broadus 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 3,156 people named Broadus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,828 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,032.

#10,211

rank among US surnames

3,156

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,835)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,204	Thakkar	3,157	97,797
#10,211	Broadus	3,156	97,828
#10,215	Shue	3,155	97,859
#10,219	Greeson	3,154	97,890

Who is named Broadus

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

50% of people named Broadus identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 50%
White (not Hispanic) 44%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Broaduss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broadus

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broadus come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Broadus?: 3,156 people in the United States had the surname Broadus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,828 Americans. It ranked 10,211th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broadus?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Broadus identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Broadus?: Rashaun Broadus, American basketball player (born 1984), followed by John Albert Broadus.
Where is the surname Broadus most common?: Wikidata records people named Broadus in the United States.
What type of surname is Broadus?: Broadus is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Broadus getting more or less common?: More common. 3,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,156 in 2010, up 4.1%.