How common is the surname Brindley?

2,511 people in the United States had the surname Brindley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. It ranked 12,389th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brindley?

Aud Brindley, American basketball player (1923-1958).

Where is the surname Brindley most common?

Wikidata records people named Brindley in the United States.

Is the surname Brindley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,511 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Brindley

An English place surname, carried by 2,511 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brindley is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).

Brindley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,511 people named Brindley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,307.

#12,389

rank among US surnames

2,511

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,352)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,384	Barras	2,512	122,908
#12,389	Harrah	2,511	122,957
#12,393	Lovins	2,510	123,006
#12,395	Melia	2,509	123,055
#12,397	Banfield	2,508	123,104

Who is named Brindley

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

96% of people named Brindley identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%

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 Brindleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aud Brindley
American basketball player (1923-1958)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Brinley

Surnames that sound like Brindley

Brindley has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brindley come from?: From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).
How common is the surname Brindley?: 2,511 people in the United States had the surname Brindley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,957 Americans. It ranked 12,389th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brindley?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brindley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brindley?: Aud Brindley, American basketball player (1923-1958).
Where is the surname Brindley most common?: Wikidata records people named Brindley in the United States.
What type of surname is Brindley?: Brindley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brindley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,511 in 2010, up 8.8%.
What are other spellings of Brindley?: Brinley.