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    The surname Broady

    A surname, carried by 1,912 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B630

    Broady: #15,340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Broady #15,340, 1,912 people Broady: #15,340 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Broady #15,340, 1,912 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broady is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,912 people named Broady in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,632.

    #15,340
    rank among US surnames
    1,912
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,271)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,340Mungia1,912161,478
    #15,347McMiller1,911161,562

    Who is named Broady

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

    52% of people named Broady identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 52%
    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Broady

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Broady?
    1,912 people in the United States had the surname Broady in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Broady?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Broady identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Broady getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, up 17%.