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    The surname Brey

    A surname, carried by 2,326 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B600

    Brey: #13,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brey #13,155, 2,326 people Brey: #13,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brey #13,155, 2,326 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brey is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,326 people named Brey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,737 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,221.

    #13,155
    rank among US surnames
    2,326
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,753)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,148Thapa2,328132,623
    #13,153Washam2,327132,680
    #13,155Huezo2,326132,737
    #13,158Cannella2,325132,794
    #13,160Neuhaus2,324132,851

    Who is named Brey

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

    91% of people named Brey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Breys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leandro Brey
      Argentine footballer (born 2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brey

    Brey has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brey?
    2,326 people in the United States had the surname Brey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,737 Americans. It ranked 13,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brey?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Brey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Brey?
    Leandro Brey, Argentine footballer (born 2002).
    Where is the surname Brey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brey in Argentina.
    Is the surname Brey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,326 in 2010, up 4.7%.