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    The surname Brenes

    A surname, carried by 2,181 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B652

    Brenes: #13,855 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brenes #13,855, 2,181 people Brenes: #13,855 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brenes #13,855, 2,181 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brenes is more common than 91.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,181 people named Brenes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,566.

    #13,855
    rank among US surnames
    2,181
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,783)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,850Winer2,182141,497
    #13,855Brenes2,181141,561
    #13,862Driggs2,180141,626

    Who is named Brenes

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

    89% of people named Brenes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brenes

    Brenes has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brenes?
    2,181 people in the United States had the surname Brenes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. It ranked 13,855th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brenes?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Brenes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brenes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,181 in 2010, up 39%.