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    The surname Branscome

    A surname, carried by 1,130 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B652

    Branscome: #22,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Branscome #22,689, 1,130 people Branscome: #22,689 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Branscome #22,689, 1,130 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Branscome is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,130 people named Branscome in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,028.

    #22,689
    rank among US surnames
    1,130
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.9%
    change since 2000 (was #23,167)

    Who is named Branscome

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

    88% of people named Branscome identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Branscome

    Branscome has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Branscome?
    1,130 people in the United States had the surname Branscome in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,226 Americans. It ranked 22,689th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Branscome?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Branscome identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Branscome getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,130 in 2010, up 9.9%.