How common is the surname Brainard?

3,992 people in the United States had the surname Brainard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,341 Americans. It ranked 8,299th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brainard?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brainard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brainard?

Lael Brainard, American economist, followed by Joe Brainard.

Where is the surname Brainard most common?

Wikidata records people named Brainard in the United States.

Is the surname Brainard getting more or less common?

More common. 3,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,992 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Brainard

A surname, carried by 3,992 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brainard is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,992 people named Brainard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,341 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,929.

#8,299

rank among US surnames

3,992

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,806)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,293	Blackshear	3,995	77,283
#8,295	Ice	3,994	77,302
#8,297	Schiff	3,993	77,322
#8,299	Hoard	3,992	77,341
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380

Who is named Brainard

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

93% of people named Brainard identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brainards

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lael Brainard
American economist, born 1962
Joe Brainard
American artist and writer (1942-1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brainard

Brainard has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

Questions

How common is the surname Brainard?: 3,992 people in the United States had the surname Brainard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,341 Americans. It ranked 8,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brainard?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brainard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brainard?: Lael Brainard, American economist, followed by Joe Brainard.
Where is the surname Brainard most common?: Wikidata records people named Brainard in the United States.
Is the surname Brainard getting more or less common?: More common. 3,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,992 in 2010, up 1.6%.