The surname Brereton
An English place surname, carried by 1,338 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈbɹɪətən/ 3 syllables Soundex B663
Origin
English origin
From Old English brǣr (“briar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Brereton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,338 people named Brereton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,278.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #20,010 | Vanalstyne | 1,338 | 230,752 |
| #20,019 | McKechnie | 1,337 | 230,924 |
Who is named Brereton
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
76% of people named Brereton identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 76%
- Black (not Hispanic) 18%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Brereton come from?
- From Old English brǣr (“briar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
- How common is the surname Brereton?
- 1,338 people in the United States had the surname Brereton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,752 Americans. It ranked 20,010th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Brereton?
- In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Brereton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Brereton?
- Brereton is /ˈbɹɪətən/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Brereton?
- Brereton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Brereton getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,338 in 2010, up 4.7%.