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    The surname Brawn

    A surname, carried by 1,899 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B650

    Brawn: #15,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brawn #15,429, 1,899 people Brawn: #15,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brawn #15,429, 1,899 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brawn is more common than 90.5% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,899 people named Brawn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,583 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,559.

    #15,429
    rank among US surnames
    1,899
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.8%
    change since 2000 (was #16,852)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,429Krout1,899162,583
    #15,434Mantilla1,898162,669

    Who is named Brawn

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

    71% of people named Brawn identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brawns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ross Brawn
      British automotive engineer, born 1954

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brawn

    Brawn has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brawn come from?
    * As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.
    How common is the surname Brawn?
    1,899 people in the United States had the surname Brawn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,583 Americans. It ranked 15,429th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brawn?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Brawn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brawn?
    Ross Brawn, British automotive engineer.
    Where is the surname Brawn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brawn in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Brawn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,899 in 2010, up 22%.