How common is the surname Brault?

2,029 people in the United States had the surname Brault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,166 Americans. It ranked 14,662nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brault?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Brault getting more or less common?

More common. 2,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,029 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Brault

A French surname, carried by 2,029 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B643

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brault is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,029 people named Brault in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,166 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,022.

#14,662

rank among US surnames

2,029

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,742)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,656	Harada	2,030	152,091
#14,662	Brault	2,029	152,166
#14,667	Darst	2,028	152,241
#14,669	Minner	2,027	152,316

Who is named Brault

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

95% of people named Brault identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

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

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Brault

Breault

Brault has the Soundex code B643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B643.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brault come from?: French surname, variant of Braud. Also found in the Americanized forms Breaux, Brow, Broe, Bro. Compare Breault.
How common is the surname Brault?: 2,029 people in the United States had the surname Brault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,166 Americans. It ranked 14,662nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brault?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Brault getting more or less common?: More common. 2,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,029 in 2010, up 0.3%.