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    The surname Brin

    A patronymic surname, carried by 808 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B650

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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). Brin is more common than 82% of them.

    Origin

    * As a Jewish surname, from Brin, the Yiddish name for Brno. * Also as a Jewish surname, from a Hebrew acronym בן רבי (ben rabi, “son of rabbi”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, similar to Brill. * As a French surname, from the adjective brin (“loud, quarrelsome”).

    Brin is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 808 people named Brin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 382,111 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 745.

    #29,279
    rank among US surnames
    808
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #29,784)

    Who is named Brin

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

    86% of people named Brin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    • Two or more races 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.

    Famous Brins

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sergey Brin
      American billionaire businessman (born 1973)
    • David Brin
      American scientist and science fiction author (born 1950)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brin

    Brin has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brin come from?
    * As a Jewish surname, from Brin, the Yiddish name for Brno. * Also as a Jewish surname, from a Hebrew acronym בן רבי (ben rabi, “son of rabbi”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, similar to Brill. * As a French surname, from the adjective brin (“loud, quarrelsome”).
    How common is the surname Brin?
    808 people in the United States had the surname Brin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 382,111 Americans. It ranked 29,279th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brin?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Brin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Brin?
    Sergey Brin, American billionaire businessman (born 1973), followed by David Brin.
    Where is the surname Brin most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brin in the United States.
    What type of surname is Brin?
    Brin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Brin getting more or less common?
    More common. 745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 808 in 2010, up 8.5%.