How common is the surname Brackett?

11,027 people in the United States had the surname Brackett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,999 Americans. It ranked 3,278th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brackett?

Leigh Brackett, American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978), followed by Charles Brackett.

Where is the surname Brackett most common?

Wikidata records people named Brackett in the United States.

Is the surname Brackett getting more or less common?

More common. 10,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,027 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Brackett

A Norman surname, carried by 11,027 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brackett is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

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 11,027 people named Brackett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,999 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,458.

#3,278

rank among US surnames

11,027

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,156)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,273	Estevez	11,032	27,986
#3,274	Alanis	11,029	27,994
#3,275	Llamas	11,028	27,997
#3,278	Brackett	11,027	27,999

Who is named Brackett

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

83% of people named Brackett identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bracketts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leigh Brackett
American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978)
Charles Brackett
American screenwriter (1892–1969)
Anna Brackett
American philosopher, 1836–1911
John Quincy Adams Brackett
American politician (1842–1918)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brackett

Brackett has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brackett come from?: Brackett is Norman in origin.
How common is the surname Brackett?: 11,027 people in the United States had the surname Brackett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,999 Americans. It ranked 3,278th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brackett?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Brackett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brackett?: Leigh Brackett, American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978), followed by Charles Brackett.
Where is the surname Brackett most common?: Wikidata records people named Brackett in the United States.
Is the surname Brackett getting more or less common?: More common. 10,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,027 in 2010, up 5.4%.