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    The surname Brewton

    A surname, carried by 3,304 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈbru.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex B635

    Brewton: #9,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brewton #9,798, 3,304 people Brewton: #9,798 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brewton #9,798, 3,304 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brewton is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,304 people named Brewton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,446 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,053.

    #9,798
    rank among US surnames
    3,304
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,774)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,790Colangelo3,30793,361
    #9,794Arechiga3,30693,389
    #9,798Trantham3,30493,446
    #9,800Casias3,30393,474
    #9,803Goto3,30293,503

    Who is named Brewton

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

    50% of people named Brewton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Brewtons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Maia Brewton
      American actress and lawyer, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Brewton

    Brewton has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brewton?
    3,304 people in the United States had the surname Brewton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,446 Americans. It ranked 9,798th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brewton?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Brewton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brewton?
    Maia Brewton, American actress and lawyer.
    Where is the surname Brewton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brewton in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Brewton?
    Brewton is /ˈbru.tən/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Brewton getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,304 in 2010, up 8.2%.