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The broaddus Surname

broaddus Name Meaning and History

  1. probably a variant (reflecting a local pronunciation) of the English topographic name Broadhouse, from Old English brad ‘broad’, ‘extensive’ + hus ‘house’.
  2. alternatively, perhaps, a habitational name from Broadwas in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English brad + an unattested element wæsse ‘alluvial land’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of broaddus Families in the US in 1920
Number of broaddus families
 36-69
 13-35		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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