How common is the surname Breece?

1,962 people in the United States had the surname Breece in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,363 Americans. It ranked 15,052nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Breece getting more or less common?

More common. 1,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,962 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Breece

A surname, carried by 1,962 people in the United States.

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). Breece is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,962 people named Breece in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,363 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,865.

#15,052

rank among US surnames

1,962

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #14,628)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,043	Gerow	1,964	157,202
#15,048	Premo	1,963	157,282
#15,052	Linger	1,962	157,363
#15,056	Goetsch	1,961	157,443
#15,060	Bien	1,960	157,523

Who is named Breece

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

90% of people named Breece identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Breece

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

Questions

How common is the surname Breece?: 1,962 people in the United States had the surname Breece in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,363 Americans. It ranked 15,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Breece?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Breece identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Breece getting more or less common?: More common. 1,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,962 in 2010, up 5.2%.