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    The surname Brabant

    A Norman surname, carried by 1,185 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɹæbənt/ 2 syllables Soundex B615

    Brabant: #21,912 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brabant #21,912, 1,185 people Brabant: #21,912 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brabant #21,912, 1,185 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brabant is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    Inherited from Middle English Braband, Brabant, modification of Braban (possibly after Middle Dutch Brâbant), from Anglo-Norman Braban, Brabain, from Early Medieval Latin Bracbantus, from Proto-West Germanic *brak (“break”) + *bantu (“district”).

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,185 people named Brabant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,545 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,129.

    #21,912
    rank among US surnames
    1,185
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,553)

    Who is named Brabant

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Brabant identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brabant

    Brabant has the Soundex code B615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B615.

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brabant come from?
    Inherited from Middle English Braband, Brabant, modification of Braban (possibly after Middle Dutch Brâbant), from Anglo-Norman Braban, Brabain, from Early Medieval Latin Bracbantus, from Proto-West Germanic *brak (“break”) + *bantu (“district”).
    How common is the surname Brabant?
    1,185 people in the United States had the surname Brabant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,545 Americans. It ranked 21,912th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brabant?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brabant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Brabant?
    Brabant is /ˈbɹæbənt/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Brabant getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,185 in 2010, up 5.0%.