How common is the surname Brathwaite?

3,429 people in the United States had the surname Brathwaite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,040 Americans. It ranked 9,486th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brathwaite?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Brathwaite identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brathwaite?

Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian hurdler, followed by Kamau Brathwaite.

Where is the surname Brathwaite most common?

Wikidata records people named Brathwaite in Barbados.

Is the surname Brathwaite getting more or less common?

More common. 2,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,429 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Brathwaite

A surname, carried by 3,429 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B633

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brathwaite is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,429 people named Brathwaite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,040 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,812.

#9,486

rank among US surnames

3,429

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+21.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,479	Umanzor	3,432	89,961
#9,483	Lundin	3,431	89,987
#9,484	Holleman	3,430	90,013
#9,486	Brathwaite	3,429	90,040
#9,488	Schirmer	3,428	90,066
#9,491	Rimmer	3,426	90,118
#9,493	Pickle	3,425	90,145

Who is named Brathwaite

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

84% of people named Brathwaite identified as Black (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Black (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.6%
White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Two or more races 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Brathwaites

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Brathwaite
Barbadian hurdler, born 1988
Kamau Brathwaite
Barbadian poet (1930–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brathwaite

Braithwaite

Brathwaite has the Soundex code B633, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B633.

Questions

How common is the surname Brathwaite?: 3,429 people in the United States had the surname Brathwaite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,040 Americans. It ranked 9,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brathwaite?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Brathwaite identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brathwaite?: Ryan Brathwaite, Barbadian hurdler, followed by Kamau Brathwaite.
Where is the surname Brathwaite most common?: Wikidata records people named Brathwaite in Barbados.
Is the surname Brathwaite getting more or less common?: More common. 2,812 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,429 in 2010, up 22%.