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    The surname Brinker

    A surname, carried by 5,736 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B652

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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). Brinker is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,736 people named Brinker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,826 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,227.

    #5,992
    rank among US surnames
    5,736
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,054)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,983Hagerty5,75053,695
    #5,984McGehee5,74953,704
    #5,985Alden5,74853,714
    #5,986Pires5,74653,732
    #5,988Lachance5,74453,751
    #5,989Jaynes5,74153,779
    #5,990Banner5,73953,798

    Who is named Brinker

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

    92% of people named Brinker identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brinkers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nancy Brinker
      American philanthropist, author, diplomat, born 1946

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brinker

    Brinker has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brinker?
    5,736 people in the United States had the surname Brinker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,826 Americans. It ranked 5,992nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brinker?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brinker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brinker?
    Nancy Brinker, American philanthropist, author, diplomat.
    Where is the surname Brinker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brinker in the United States.
    Is the surname Brinker getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,736 in 2010, up 9.7%.