Broadfoot
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Broadfoot is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: from OE brād + fōt ‘broad foot’, a common early nickname; first attested Turgis Bradfot 1157 P (Cu).
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE brād + fōt ‘broad foot’, a common early nickname; first attested Turgis Bradfot 1157 P (Cu)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Broadfoot counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 732 | — |
| ES Spain | — | 6 | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 1 | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- William Broadfootb. 1841GBOfficer in the Royal Engineers, British Army (1841-1922)
- Eleonora de Cisnerosb. 1878USnot in their usual nameAmerican opera singer (1878-1934)
- Grover L. Broadfootb. 1892USAmerican judge (1892–1962)
- Dave Broadfootb. 1925CACanadian comedian (1925–2016)
- Barry Broadfootb. 1926CACanadian journalist
- Genie Chanceb. 1927USnot in their usual namepolitician
- Joe Broadfootb. 1940GBEnglish footballer (born 1940)
- Patricia Broadfootb. 1949GBVice-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire
- Chris Broadfootb. 1981AUAustralian soccer player
- Kirk Broadfootb. 1984GBScottish footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 732 | #33,503 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 708 | #32,485 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 695 | #31,492 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6 | #154,812 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #167,603 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Broadfoot mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE brād + fōt ‘broad foot’, a common early nickname; first attested Turgis Bradfot 1157 P (Cu) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Broadfoot have the most bearers?
- Broadfoot is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Broadfoot?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/broadfootThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Broadfoot”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.