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    The surname Brannon

    A surname, carried by 16,136 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Brannon: #2,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Brannon #2,253, 16,136 people Brannon: #2,253 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brannon #2,253, 16,136 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brannon is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,136 people named Brannon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,134 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,640.

    #2,253
    rank among US surnames
    16,136
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,127)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,244Marcum16,24619,004
    #2,245Dowling16,23819,014
    #2,246Stoner16,20419,054
    #2,247Mattson16,20319,055
    #2,249London16,19519,064
    #2,250Adame16,19319,067
    #2,251Bynum16,16619,098

    Who is named Brannon

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

    79% of people named Brannon identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brannons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ash Brannon
      American film director and animator, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brannon

    Brannon has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brannon?
    16,136 people in the United States had the surname Brannon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,134 Americans. It ranked 2,253rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brannon?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Brannon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brannon?
    Ash Brannon, American film director and animator.
    Where is the surname Brannon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brannon in the United States.
    Is the surname Brannon getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,640 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,136 in 2010, up 3.2%.