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    The surname Briney

    A surname, carried by 1,095 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B650

    Briney: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Briney #23,268, 1,095 people Briney: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Briney #23,268, 1,095 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Briney is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,095 people named Briney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,233.

    #23,268
    rank among US surnames
    1,095
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -11.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,111)

    Who is named Briney

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

    92% of people named Briney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Briney

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Briney?
    1,095 people in the United States had the surname Briney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. It ranked 23,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Briney?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Briney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Briney getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,095 in 2010, down 11%.