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    The surname Braswell

    A surname, carried by 13,838 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Braswell: #2,605 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Braswell #2,605, 13,838 people Braswell: #2,605 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Braswell #2,605, 13,838 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Braswell is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,838 people named Braswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,311 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,383.

    #2,605
    rank among US surnames
    13,838
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,472)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,596Forrester13,87822,247
    #2,597Coy13,87522,252
    #2,598Dykes13,87422,254
    #2,599Branham13,87222,257
    #2,600Grier13,86822,263
    #2,601Pfeiffer13,85122,290
    #2,602Whipple13,85022,292

    Who is named Braswell

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

    70% of people named Braswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Braswell

    Braswell 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 Braswell?
    13,838 people in the United States had the surname Braswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,311 Americans. It ranked 2,605th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Braswell?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Braswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Braswell getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,383 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,838 in 2010, up 3.4%.