How common is the surname Brick?

3,235 people in the United States had the surname Brick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,439 Americans. It ranked 9,969th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brick?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Brick getting more or less common?

More common. 3,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,235 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Brick

A surname, carried by 3,235 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brick is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the noun bridge. This aligns more closely with the pronunciation of its ancestors, Middle English brigge, Old English brycg. * As a Polish surname, from Brych, which has the same pronunciation.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,235 people named Brick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,439 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,133.

#9,969

rank among US surnames

3,235

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,518)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,964	Throckmorton	3,238	95,351
#9,966	Furlow	3,237	95,380
#9,968	Warr	3,236	95,410
#9,969	Bolyard	3,235	95,439
#9,976	Leitch	3,234	95,469

Who is named Brick

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

94% of people named Brick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brick

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

Questions

Where does the surname Brick come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun bridge. This aligns more closely with the pronunciation of its ancestors, Middle English brigge, Old English brycg. * As a Polish surname, from Brych, which has the same pronunciation.
How common is the surname Brick?: 3,235 people in the United States had the surname Brick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,439 Americans. It ranked 9,969th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brick?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Brick getting more or less common?: More common. 3,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,235 in 2010, up 3.3%.