# Brault (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brault/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,029 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,662 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 152,166 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (2,022 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

French surname, variant of Braud. Also found in the Americanized forms Breaux, Brow, Broe, Bro. Compare Breault.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brault in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Breault, Brouillette, Barletta, Barlett.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.