How common is the surname Brazell?

3,868 people in the United States had the surname Brazell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,820 Americans. It ranked 8,512th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Brazell getting more or less common?

More common. 3,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,868 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Brazell

A surname, carried by 3,868 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brazell is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,868 people named Brazell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,820 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,491.

#8,512

rank among US surnames

3,868

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+10.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,672)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,506	Aman	3,872	79,738
#8,509	Segarra	3,871	79,759
#8,511	Sainz	3,869	79,800
#8,512	Shedd	3,868	79,820
#8,517	Lepage	3,865	79,882

Who is named Brazell

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

83% of people named Brazell identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brazell

Brazell has the Soundex code B624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B624.

Questions

How common is the surname Brazell?: 3,868 people in the United States had the surname Brazell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,820 Americans. It ranked 8,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brazell?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Brazell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Brazell getting more or less common?: More common. 3,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,868 in 2010, up 11%.