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    The surname Brevard

    A French surname, carried by 1,278 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B616

    Brevard: #20,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brevard #20,697, 1,278 people Brevard: #20,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brevard #20,697, 1,278 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brevard is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,278 people named Brevard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,137.

    #20,697
    rank among US surnames
    1,278
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,438)

    Who is named Brevard

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

    67% of people named Brevard identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 67%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brevard

    Brevard has the Soundex code B616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B616.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brevard come from?
    Brevard is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Brevard?
    1,278 people in the United States had the surname Brevard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,585 Americans. It ranked 20,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brevard?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Brevard identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brevard getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,278 in 2010, up 12%.