Explore the Family Name Brawdy

The meaning of Brawdy

English: perhaps a habitational name from a place in Pembrokeshire, Wales, called Brawdy, or a variant of Irish Brady.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Brawdy has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Brawdy was ranked 50,686 in terms of commonality, but by 2010, its rank dropped to 53,802, representing a decline of approximately 6.15 percent. The actual count of individuals with this surname also fell marginally from 387 in the year 2000 to 384 in 2010, a drop of around 0.78 percent. Consequently, the proportion of Brawdys per 100,000 people decreased by about 7.14 percent over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,686	#53,802	-6.15%
Count	387	384	-0.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brawdy

The data from the Decennial U.S. Census also reveals an interesting shift in the ethnic identity associated with the Brawdy surname. In 2000, a majority of those with the Brawdy surname were White (95.87 percent), which slightly shrunk to 92.97 percent by 2010. The Hispanic representation among Brawdys saw a significant increase of 65.14 percent, jumping from 2.84 percent to 4.69 percent over the same period. The American Indian and Alaskan Native category also emerged in 2010, although the precise increase is suppressed for privacy reasons. The Asian/Pacific Islander and Black categories remained unchanged at 0 percent, and no people identified as being of two or more races under the Brawdy surname in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.87%	92.97%	-3.02%
Hispanic	2.84%	4.69%	65.14%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.56%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%