How common is the surname Broadway?

6,647 people in the United States had the surname Broadway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,449 Americans. It ranked 5,247th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Broadway?

Lizze Broadway, American actress.

Where is the surname Broadway most common?

Wikidata records people named Broadway in the United States.

How do you pronounce Broadway?

Broadway is /ˈbɹɔdweɪ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Broadway getting more or less common?

More common. 6,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,647 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Broadway

An English surname, carried by 6,647 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹɔdweɪ/ 2 syllables Soundex B630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broadway is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire, England, which are listed in the Domesday Book census of 1086AD as "Bradewie" and "Bradeweia" respectively. Sense of “government of Manitoba” is from the address of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on Broadway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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 6,647 people named Broadway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,449 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,461.

#5,247

rank among US surnames

6,647

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,238	Boettcher	6,659	46,365
#5,239	Stowers	6,657	46,379
#5,241	Kieffer	6,656	46,386
#5,242	McDougall	6,655	46,393
#5,244	Hasty	6,654	46,400
#5,245	Roden	6,653	46,407
#5,246	Pedro	6,649	46,435

Who is named Broadway

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

65% of people named Broadway identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Broadways

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lizze Broadway
American actress, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broadway

Broadway has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Broadway come from?: By surface analysis, a proprialization from broadway. The Old English words "brad weg" have been used to name wide roads and associated settlements, in common noun and proper noun forms, for over a thousand years. Documented examples include Broadway, Somerset and Broadway, Worcestershire,…
How common is the surname Broadway?: 6,647 people in the United States had the surname Broadway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,449 Americans. It ranked 5,247th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broadway?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Broadway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Broadway?: Lizze Broadway, American actress.
Where is the surname Broadway most common?: Wikidata records people named Broadway in the United States.
How do you pronounce Broadway?: Broadway is /ˈbɹɔdweɪ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Broadway getting more or less common?: More common. 6,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,647 in 2010, up 2.9%.