How common is the surname Breaux?

12,705 people in the United States had the surname Breaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,301 Americans. It ranked 2,842nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Breaux?

Breaux Greer, American athletics competitor (born 1976), followed by John Breaux.

Where is the surname Breaux most common?

Wikidata records people named Breaux in the United States.

How do you pronounce Breaux?

Breaux is /broʊ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Breaux getting more or less common?

More common. 12,046 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,705 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Breaux

A French surname, carried by 12,705 people in the United States.

Pronounced /broʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Breaux is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

A French surname, variant of Brault, Braud. Compare Breau, Breaud, Bro, Brow.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,705 people named Breaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,301 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,046.

#2,842

rank among US surnames

12,705

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,838	Wendt	12,712	24,288
#2,839	Hammonds	12,710	24,292
#2,841	Steinberg	12,709	24,293
#2,842	Breaux	12,705	24,301

Who is named Breaux

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

78% of people named Breaux identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Breauxs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Breaux Greer
American athletics competitor (born 1976)
John Breaux
American politician, born 1944
Tim Breaux
American basketball player (born 1970)
Zachary Breaux
American jazz guitarist (1960–1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Breaux

Breaux has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Breaux come from?: A French surname, variant of Brault, Braud. Compare Breau, Breaud, Bro, Brow.
How common is the surname Breaux?: 12,705 people in the United States had the surname Breaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,301 Americans. It ranked 2,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Breaux?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Breaux identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Breaux?: Breaux Greer, American athletics competitor (born 1976), followed by John Breaux.
Where is the surname Breaux most common?: Wikidata records people named Breaux in the United States.
How do you pronounce Breaux?: Breaux is /broʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Breaux getting more or less common?: More common. 12,046 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,705 in 2010, up 5.5%.