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    The surname Brigance

    A surname, carried by 1,012 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brigance is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,012 people named Brigance in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 947.

    #24,665
    rank among US surnames
    1,012
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,701)

    Who is named Brigance

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

    82% of people named Brigance identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brigance

    Brigance has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brigance?
    1,012 people in the United States had the surname Brigance in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. It ranked 24,665th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brigance?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Brigance identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brigance getting more or less common?
    More common. 947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,012 in 2010, up 6.9%.