How common is the surname Briganti?

1,160 people in the United States had the surname Briganti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Briganti?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Briganti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Briganti getting more or less common?

More common. 857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Briganti

A surname, carried by 1,160 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Briganti is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

From the Italian surname, plural form of Brigante, from the noun brigante (“brigand”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,160 people named Briganti in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 857.

#22,235

rank among US surnames

1,160

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+35.4%

change since 2000 (was #26,717)

Who is named Briganti

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

91% of people named Briganti identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Briganti

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

Questions

Where does the surname Briganti come from?: From the Italian surname, plural form of Brigante, from the noun brigante (“brigand”).
How common is the surname Briganti?: 1,160 people in the United States had the surname Briganti in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Briganti?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Briganti identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Briganti getting more or less common?: More common. 857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, up 35%.