How common is the surname Briles?

1,391 people in the United States had the surname Briles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Briles?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Briles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Briles getting more or less common?

More common. 1,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Briles

A surname, carried by 1,391 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B642

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Briles is more common than 88% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,391 people named Briles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,293.

#19,425

rank among US surnames

1,391

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,376)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,416	Jeanjacques	1,392	221,800
#19,425	Akram	1,391	221,959

Who is named Briles

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

94% of people named Briles identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

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 Briles

Briles has the Soundex code B642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B642.

Questions

How common is the surname Briles?: 1,391 people in the United States had the surname Briles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,959 Americans. It ranked 19,425th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Briles?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Briles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Briles getting more or less common?: More common. 1,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,391 in 2010, up 7.6%.