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    The surname Brescia

    An Italian place surname, carried by 1,636 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbɹɛʃə/ 2 syllables Soundex B620

    Brescia: #17,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brescia #17,300, 1,636 people Brescia: #17,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brescia #17,300, 1,636 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brescia is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.

    Brescia is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,636 people named Brescia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,635.

    #17,300
    rank among US surnames
    1,636
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,238)

    Who is named Brescia

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

    93% of people named Brescia identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Brescia

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brescia come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.
    How common is the surname Brescia?
    1,636 people in the United States had the surname Brescia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. It ranked 17,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brescia?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brescia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Brescia?
    Brescia is /ˈbɹɛʃə/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Brescia?
    Brescia is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Brescia getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,636 in 2010, up 0.1%.