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    The surname Brasel

    A surname, carried by 1,624 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Brasel: #17,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brasel #17,385, 1,624 people Brasel: #17,385 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brasel #17,385, 1,624 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brasel is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,624 people named Brasel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,114 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,317.

    #17,385
    rank among US surnames
    1,624
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,107)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,379Tarnowski1,625189,997
    #17,385Brasel1,624190,114
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231

    Who is named Brasel

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

    93% of people named Brasel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brasel

    Brasel has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brasel?
    1,624 people in the United States had the surname Brasel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,114 Americans. It ranked 17,385th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brasel?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brasel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brasel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,624 in 2010, up 23%.