How common is the surname Braziel?

2,092 people in the United States had the surname Braziel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,584 Americans. It ranked 14,307th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Braziel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,092 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Braziel

A surname, carried by 2,092 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). Braziel is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,092 people named Braziel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,584 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,737.

#14,307

rank among US surnames

2,092

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+20.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,299	Baggs	2,093	147,513
#14,307	Rakowski	2,092	147,584
#14,312	Dwight	2,091	147,654
#14,316	Imler	2,090	147,725

Who is named Braziel

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

51% of people named Braziel identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Braziel

Braziel 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 Braziel?: 2,092 people in the United States had the surname Braziel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,584 Americans. It ranked 14,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Braziel?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Braziel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Braziel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,092 in 2010, up 20%.