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    The surname Briner

    A surname, carried by 2,295 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Briner: #13,291 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Briner #13,291, 2,295 people Briner: #13,291 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Briner #13,291, 2,295 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Briner is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,295 people named Briner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,530 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,083.

    #13,291
    rank among US surnames
    2,295
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,407)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,283Chaput2,296134,471
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647

    Who is named Briner

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

    92% of people named Briner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Briner

    Briner has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Briner?
    2,295 people in the United States had the surname Briner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,530 Americans. It ranked 13,291st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Briner?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Briner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Briner getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,295 in 2010, up 10%.