How common is the surname Broadwell?

1,645 people in the United States had the surname Broadwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. It ranked 17,216th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Broadwell?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Broadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Broadwell?

Paula Broadwell, American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional.

Where is the surname Broadwell most common?

Wikidata records people named Broadwell in the United States.

Is the surname Broadwell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,645 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Broadwell

An English place surname, carried by 1,645 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broadwell is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English brād (“broad”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Broadwell 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 1,645 people named Broadwell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,626.

#17,216

rank among US surnames

1,645

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,314)

Who is named Broadwell

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

95% of people named Broadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Broadwells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paula Broadwell
American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broadwell

Broadwell has the Soundex code B634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B634.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broadwell come from?: From Old English brād (“broad”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
How common is the surname Broadwell?: 1,645 people in the United States had the surname Broadwell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,687 Americans. It ranked 17,216th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broadwell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Broadwell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Broadwell?: Paula Broadwell, American writer, academic, and anti-terrorism professional.
Where is the surname Broadwell most common?: Wikidata records people named Broadwell in the United States.
What type of surname is Broadwell?: Broadwell is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Broadwell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,626 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,645 in 2010, up 1.2%.