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    The surname Brainerd

    A surname, carried by 1,414 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Brainerd: #19,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brainerd #19,200, 1,414 people Brainerd: #19,200 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brainerd #19,200, 1,414 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brainerd is more common than 88.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,414 people named Brainerd in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,349 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,384.

    #19,200
    rank among US surnames
    1,414
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,425)

    Who is named Brainerd

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

    94% of people named Brainerd identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brainerds

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lawrence Brainerd
      American politician (1794-1870)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brainerd

    Brainerd 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 Brainerd?
    1,414 people in the United States had the surname Brainerd in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,349 Americans. It ranked 19,200th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brainerd?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brainerd identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Brainerd?
    Lawrence Brainerd, American politician (1794-1870).
    Where is the surname Brainerd most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brainerd in the United States.
    Is the surname Brainerd getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,414 in 2010, up 2.2%.