How common is the surname Brace?

4,943 people in the United States had the surname Brace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,461 Americans. It ranked 6,823rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brace?

DeWitt Bristol Brace, American physicist (1859–1905).

Where is the surname Brace most common?

Wikidata records people named Brace in the United States.

Is the surname Brace getting more or less common?

More common. 4,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,943 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Brace

A French surname, carried by 4,943 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brace is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

English surname of Norman origin, from Old French brace (“arm”) and thus related to the noun brace.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,943 people named Brace in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,461 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,861.

#6,823

rank among US surnames

4,943

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,446)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,819	Vizcarra	4,946	62,423
#6,821	Hayman	4,945	62,436
#6,822	Clapper	4,944	62,449
#6,823	Brace	4,943	62,461

Who is named Brace

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

88% of people named Brace identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Braces

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

DeWitt Bristol Brace
American physicist (1859–1905)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brace

Brace has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brace come from?: English surname of Norman origin, from Old French brace (“arm”) and thus related to the noun brace.
How common is the surname Brace?: 4,943 people in the United States had the surname Brace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,461 Americans. It ranked 6,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brace?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Brace identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brace?: DeWitt Bristol Brace, American physicist (1859–1905).
Where is the surname Brace most common?: Wikidata records people named Brace in the United States.
Is the surname Brace getting more or less common?: More common. 4,861 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,943 in 2010, up 1.7%.