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    The surname Brekke

    A Norse surname, carried by 2,310 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B620

    Brekke: #13,226 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brekke #13,226, 2,310 people Brekke: #13,226 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brekke #13,226, 2,310 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brekke is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Norse origin

    Norwegian surname, from several farms of the same name, from Old Norse brekka (“slope, descent”). Compare Brakke.

    One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,310 people named Brekke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,656 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,163.

    #13,226
    rank among US surnames
    2,310
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,995)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,219Devitt2,312133,540
    #13,221Vanvalkenburg2,311133,598
    #13,226Mance2,310133,656
    #13,230Prindle2,309133,714
    #13,233Ester2,308133,772

    Who is named Brekke

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

    95% of people named Brekke identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brekke

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

    Other Norse surnames

    All 126 Norse surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brekke come from?
    Norwegian surname, from several farms of the same name, from Old Norse brekka (“slope, descent”). Compare Brakke.
    How common is the surname Brekke?
    2,310 people in the United States had the surname Brekke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,656 Americans. It ranked 13,226th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brekke?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brekke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brekke getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,310 in 2010, up 6.8%.