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    The surname Brignac

    A surname, carried by 1,393 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Brignac: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brignac #19,398, 1,393 people Brignac: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brignac #19,398, 1,393 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brignac is more common than 88% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,393 people named Brignac in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,334.

    #19,398
    rank among US surnames
    1,393
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,927)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,390Rifkin1,394221,482
    #19,398Zaborowski1,393221,641

    Who is named Brignac

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

    82% of people named Brignac identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    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 Brignac

    Brignac 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 Brignac?
    1,393 people in the United States had the surname Brignac in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brignac?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Brignac identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brignac getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, up 4.4%.