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    The surname Brennen

    A surname, carried by 1,462 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Brennen: #18,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brennen #18,757, 1,462 people Brennen: #18,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brennen #18,757, 1,462 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brennen is more common than 88.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,462 people named Brennen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,285.

    #18,757
    rank among US surnames
    1,462
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #19,455)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,751Jansson1,463211,036
    #18,757Wilker1,462211,180
    #18,766Graddy1,461211,325

    Who is named Brennen

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

    86% of people named Brennen identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brennen

    Brennen has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brennen?
    1,462 people in the United States had the surname Brennen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. It ranked 18,757th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brennen?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Brennen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brennen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,462 in 2010, up 14%.