How common is the surname Brett?

5,482 people in the United States had the surname Brett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,320 Americans. It ranked 6,235th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brett?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Brett?

Brett is /bɹɛt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Brett getting more or less common?

More common. 5,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,482 in 2010, up 3.8%.

Is Brett also a first name?

Yes. Brett is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brett

A nickname surname, carried by 5,482 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹɛt/ 1 syllable Soundex B630 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brett is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.

Brett is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,482 people named Brett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,320 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,280.

#6,235

rank among US surnames

5,482

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,005)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,229	Rackley	5,488	56,258
#6,230	Harker	5,485	56,289
#6,232	Rickert	5,483	56,310
#6,235	Deming	5,482	56,320
#6,238	Carothers	5,480	56,340

Who is named Brett

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

93% of people named Brett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Bret

Surnames that sound like Brett

Brett has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

Questions

Where does the surname Brett come from?: Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.
How common is the surname Brett?: 5,482 people in the United States had the surname Brett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,320 Americans. It ranked 6,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brett?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Brett?: Brett is /bɹɛt/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Brett?: Brett is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Brett getting more or less common?: More common. 5,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,482 in 2010, up 3.8%.
What are other spellings of Brett?: Bret.
Is Brett also a first name?: Yes. Brett is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.