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    The surname Brearley

    An English place surname, carried by 543 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B664

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brearley is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English brēr (“briar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to briar + -ley (“lea”).

    Brearley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 543 people named Brearley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 516.

    #40,313
    rank among US surnames
    543
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #40,019)

    Who is named Brearley

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

    94% of people named Brearley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brearley come from?
    From Old English brēr (“briar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to briar + -ley (“lea”).
    How common is the surname Brearley?
    543 people in the United States had the surname Brearley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brearley?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brearley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Brearley?
    Brearley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Brearley getting more or less common?
    More common. 516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, up 5.2%.