Broadway Surname

52,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Broadway Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Broadway,' from residence there beside; compare Greenway, Ridgway, &c.

(a) Local; more particularly 'of Broadway,' parishes in Dorset, Worcestershire, and Somerset.

Hugh del Brodweye, Cambridgeshire, 1273.

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Broadway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,7581:46,7215,677
England1,1061:50,3786,240
Australia5071:53,2466,570
Canada1771:208,16720,218
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Wales401:77,3636,557
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
India121:63,922,115578,870
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
China21:683,660,78330,601
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
France21:33,211,361423,184
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:295,32411,912
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6041:40,3575,128
Wales31:522,80514,314
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6161:81,5248,556

Broadway (88) may also be a first name.

Broadway Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the Broadway,' from residence there beside; compare Greenway, Ridgway, &c.

(a) Local; more particularly 'of Broadway,' parishes in Dorset, Worcestershire, and Somerset.

Hugh del Brodweye, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Broadways, prepositor of Bristol, 1225: History and Antiquities of Bristol.

Ernald de Bradeway, Norfolk, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Adam de Bradeweye, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

John de Bradeweye, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1579. Buried — John Brodwaye: St. Michael, Cornhill.

— — Danyell Brodwaye: ibid.

1691. Thomas Bradway. sheriff of Bristol: History and Antiquities of Bristol.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at the Broad Road [Old English brdd + weg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes in cos. Worcester, Dorset, and Somerset. A common Gipsy surname.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Dorset, Herefordshire, Somerset, Worcestershire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Broadway Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Broadway Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Broadway (Arabic: برودواي) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Broadway? popularity and diffusion

Broadway is the 52,484th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 747,517 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Broadway are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 88 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 7,758 people, or 1 in 46,721. In The United States Broadway is most prevalent in: Texas, where 13 percent live, North Carolina, where 12 percent live and Louisiana, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 38 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Broadway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Broadway has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,259 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 183 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,333 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Broadway Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (93%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Broadway surname are 6.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.57% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Broadway earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 15.81% more than the national average, earning R 275,220 per year; in United States they earn 12.73% less than the national average, earning $37,654 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.86% more than the national average, earning $52,592 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vroadway882/
Broadwas881/
Braodway881/
Broadwat880/
Broadwaux821/
Broadby80172/
Broaduas751/
Broadwith71177/
Broaddue632/
Broaduis630/
Broadhvest569/
Broadhuest561/

Broadway Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Broadway in the Arabic language
برودوايbrwdway-

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