How common is the surname Broadwater?

3,667 people in the United States had the surname Broadwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,196 Americans. It ranked 8,925th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Broadwater getting more or less common?

More common. 3,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,667 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Broadwater

A surname, carried by 3,667 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B633

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broadwater is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,667 people named Broadwater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,196 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,563.

#8,925

rank among US surnames

3,667

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,514)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,917	Freer	3,671	84,104
#8,920	Kersten	3,669	84,150
#8,923	Klingler	3,668	84,173
#8,925	Epley	3,667	84,196
#8,928	Weigand	3,666	84,219
#8,934	Godin	3,665	84,242

Who is named Broadwater

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

75% of people named Broadwater identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broadwater

Broadhead

Broadwater has the Soundex code B633, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B633.

Questions

How common is the surname Broadwater?: 3,667 people in the United States had the surname Broadwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,196 Americans. It ranked 8,925th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broadwater?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Broadwater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Broadwater getting more or less common?: More common. 3,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,667 in 2010, up 2.9%.