How common is the surname Brawley?

4,193 people in the United States had the surname Brawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,634 Americans. It ranked 7,896th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Brawley?

Brawley is /ˈbɹɔːli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Brawley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,193 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Brawley

A surname, carried by 4,193 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹɔːli/ 2 syllables Soundex B640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brawley is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,193 people named Brawley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,634 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,009.

#7,896

rank among US surnames

4,193

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,652)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,888	Llanes	4,197	73,563
#7,891	Strasser	4,196	73,581
#7,894	Gallimore	4,195	73,598
#7,896	Brawley	4,193	73,634
#7,898	Hartsfield	4,192	73,651
#7,899	Bunton	4,191	73,669
#7,900	Waldon	4,190	73,686

Who is named Brawley

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

84% of people named Brawley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brawley

Brawley has the Soundex code B640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B640.

Questions

How common is the surname Brawley?: 4,193 people in the United States had the surname Brawley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,634 Americans. It ranked 7,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brawley?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Brawley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Brawley?: Brawley is /ˈbɹɔːli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Brawley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,193 in 2010, up 4.6%.