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    The surname Brashears

    A surname, carried by 2,155 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B626

    Brashears: #13,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brashears #13,985, 2,155 people Brashears: #13,985 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brashears #13,985, 2,155 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brashears is more common than 91.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,155 people named Brashears in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,079.

    #13,985
    rank among US surnames
    2,155
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,429)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,976Sarkar2,157143,137
    #13,981Arauz2,156143,203
    #13,985Chatterjee2,155143,269
    #13,991Arellanes2,154143,336

    Who is named Brashears

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

    86% of people named Brashears identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Brashears

    Brashears has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brashears?
    2,155 people in the United States had the surname Brashears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,269 Americans. It ranked 13,985th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brashears?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Brashears identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brashears getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,155 in 2010, up 3.7%.