How common is the surname Brazil?

5,343 people in the United States had the surname Brazil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,785 Americans. It ranked 6,373rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brazil?

Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (1865-1950).

Where is the surname Brazil most common?

Wikidata records people named Brazil in Brazil.

How do you pronounce Brazil?

Brazil is /ˈbɹæzəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Brazil getting more or less common?

More common. 5,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,343 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Brazil

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 5,343 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹæzəl/ 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). Brazil is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail (“descendant of Breasal”), a byname meaning "strife".

Brazil is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,343 people named Brazil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,785 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,059.

#6,373

rank among US surnames

5,343

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,225)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,367	Peabody	5,345	57,763
#6,370	Mix	5,344	57,774
#6,373	Brazil	5,343	57,785
#6,375	Rego	5,342	57,796
#6,377	Mickens	5,339	57,828
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872

Who is named Brazil

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

70% of people named Brazil identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brazils

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vital Brazil
Brazilian physician (1865-1950)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Brazzle
Brasil
Brasill

Surnames that sound like Brazil

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brazil come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breasail (“descendant of Breasal”), a byname meaning "strife".
How common is the surname Brazil?: 5,343 people in the United States had the surname Brazil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,785 Americans. It ranked 6,373rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brazil?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Brazil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brazil?: Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (1865-1950).
Where is the surname Brazil most common?: Wikidata records people named Brazil in Brazil.
How do you pronounce Brazil?: Brazil is /ˈbɹæzəl/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Brazil?: Brazil is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Brazil getting more or less common?: More common. 5,059 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,343 in 2010, up 5.6%.
What are other spellings of Brazil?: Brazzle, Brasil and Brasill.