How common is the surname Brazelton?

1,870 people in the United States had the surname Brazelton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,105 Americans. It ranked 15,625th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brazelton?

Tyrone Brazelton, American basketball player (born 1986), followed by T. Berry Brazelton.

Where is the surname Brazelton most common?

Wikidata records people named Brazelton in the United States.

Is the surname Brazelton getting more or less common?

More common. 1,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,870 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Brazelton

A surname, carried by 1,870 people in the United States.

3 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). Brazelton is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,870 people named Brazelton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,105 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,850.

#15,625

rank among US surnames

1,870

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,724)

Who is named Brazelton

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

69% of people named Brazelton identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brazeltons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tyrone Brazelton
American basketball player (born 1986)
T. Berry Brazelton
American pediatrician, 1918–2018

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brazelton

Brazelton 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 Brazelton?: 1,870 people in the United States had the surname Brazelton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,105 Americans. It ranked 15,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brazelton?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Brazelton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brazelton?: Tyrone Brazelton, American basketball player (born 1986), followed by T. Berry Brazelton.
Where is the surname Brazelton most common?: Wikidata records people named Brazelton in the United States.
Is the surname Brazelton getting more or less common?: More common. 1,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,870 in 2010, up 1.1%.