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The surname Brambila

A surname, carried by 3,176 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B651

Brambila: #10,159 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brambila #10,159, 3,176 people Brambila: #10,159 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brambila #10,159, 3,176 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brambila is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Brambila, itself from Italian Brambilla.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,176 people named Brambila in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,212 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,254.

#10,159
rank among US surnames
3,176
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+40.9%
change since 2000 (was #12,602)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,150Bailes3,17897,151
#10,155Oshiro3,17797,181
#10,159Goldsberry3,17697,212
#10,164Harnish3,17597,243
#10,166Wenner3,17497,273
#10,167Feathers3,17397,304

Who is named Brambila

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

96% of people named Brambila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brambila

Brambila has the Soundex code B651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B651.

Questions

Where does the surname Brambila come from?
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Brambila, itself from Italian Brambilla.
How common is the surname Brambila?
3,176 people in the United States had the surname Brambila in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,212 Americans. It ranked 10,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brambila?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brambila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Brambila getting more or less common?
More common. 2,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,176 in 2010, up 41%.