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    The surname Brazzell

    A surname, carried by 1,089 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B624

    Brazzell: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brazzell #23,371, 1,089 people Brazzell: #23,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brazzell #23,371, 1,089 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brazzell is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,089 people named Brazzell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 986.

    #23,371
    rank among US surnames
    1,089
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #23,903)

    Who is named Brazzell

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

    78% of people named Brazzell identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brazzell

    Brazzell 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 Brazzell?
    1,089 people in the United States had the surname Brazzell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 283,513 Americans. It ranked 23,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brazzell?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Brazzell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brazzell getting more or less common?
    More common. 986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,089 in 2010, up 10%.