Explore the Family Name Bradner

The meaning of Bradner

English (Gloucestershire): habitational name from Bradnor Green in Herefordshire, so named with Old English brād ‘broad’ (dative -an) + ōra ‘hill slope’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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How common is the last name Bradner in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bradner has seen a decline over the decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Bradner ranked 32,267th in popularity with 673 recorded instances. However, by 2010, the surname had dropped to a rank of 39,212 and the count decreased to 561, marking a drop of approximately 16.64%. This signifies that for every 100,000 people in the US, about 0.25 had the surname Bradner in 2000, which fell to around 0.19 by 2010, a decrease of 24%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#32,267	#39,212	-21.52%
Count	673	561	-16.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.19	-24%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bradner

As per the ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority of individuals with the Bradner surname identified as White, making up 88.41% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 85.2% by 2010. During the same period, the percentage of those identifying as Black increased from 9.96% to 11.05%. The Hispanic category saw an increase from 0% to 2.32%, marking its first appearance in the data for this surname. Those identifying with two or more races, however, disappeared from the data completely by 2010 after accounting for 1.04% in 2000. There were no recorded instances of Bradners identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.41%	85.2%	-3.63%
Black	9.96%	11.05%	10.94%
Hispanic	0%	2.32%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.04%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%