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    The surname Brazier

    An occupational surname, carried by 3,240 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B626

    Brazier: #9,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brazier #9,961, 3,240 people Brazier: #9,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brazier #9,961, 3,240 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brazier is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname originating as an occupation for a worker in brass.

    Brazier is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,240 people named Brazier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,292 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,890.

    #9,961
    rank among US surnames
    3,240
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #10,234)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,954Alpert3,24395,204
    #9,956Goines3,24295,233
    #9,959Boutte3,24195,262
    #9,961Brazier3,24095,292
    #9,963Hoggard3,23995,321
    #9,964Throckmorton3,23895,351

    Who is named Brazier

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

    72% of people named Brazier identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Braziers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Donavan Brazier
      American athletics competitor, born 1997

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brazier

    Brazier has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brazier?
    3,240 people in the United States had the surname Brazier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,292 Americans. It ranked 9,961st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brazier?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Brazier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brazier?
    Donavan Brazier, American athletics competitor.
    Where is the surname Brazier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brazier in the United States.
    What type of surname is Brazier?
    Brazier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Brazier getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,240 in 2010, up 12%.