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    The surname Brightman

    A surname, carried by 1,821 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B623

    Brightman: #15,955 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brightman #15,955, 1,821 people Brightman: #15,955 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brightman #15,955, 1,821 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brightman is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,821 people named Brightman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,547 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,813.

    #15,955
    rank among US surnames
    1,821
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,958)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,947Butner1,822169,454
    #15,955Brightman1,821169,547
    #15,959Burchette1,820169,640
    #15,964Cuccia1,819169,734

    Who is named Brightman

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

    79% of people named Brightman identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • 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 Brightmans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alex Brightman
      American actor, born 1987
    • Al Brightman
      American basketball player and coach (1923–1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brightman

    Brightman has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brightman?
    1,821 people in the United States had the surname Brightman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,547 Americans. It ranked 15,955th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brightman?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Brightman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brightman?
    Alex Brightman, American actor, followed by Al Brightman.
    Where is the surname Brightman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brightman in the United States.
    Is the surname Brightman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,821 in 2010, up 0.4%.