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    The surname Bracewell

    A surname, carried by 1,689 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Bracewell: #16,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bracewell #16,876, 1,689 people Bracewell: #16,876 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bracewell #16,876, 1,689 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bracewell is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,689 people named Bracewell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,798 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,628.

    #16,876
    rank among US surnames
    1,689
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,293)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,868Chmiel1,690182,690
    #16,876Melnik1,689182,798
    #16,881Locher1,688182,906

    Who is named Bracewell

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

    86% of people named Bracewell identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bracewells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ronald N. Bracewell
      Australian scientist (1921–2007)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bracewell

    Bracewell has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bracewell?
    1,689 people in the United States had the surname Bracewell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,798 Americans. It ranked 16,876th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bracewell?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Bracewell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bracewell?
    Ronald N. Bracewell, Australian scientist (1921–2007).
    Where is the surname Bracewell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bracewell in Australia.
    Is the surname Bracewell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,689 in 2010, up 3.7%.