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    The surname Brinkerhoff

    A surname, carried by 3,280 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B652

    Brinkerhoff: #9,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brinkerhoff #9,861, 3,280 people Brinkerhoff: #9,861 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brinkerhoff #9,861, 3,280 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brinkerhoff is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,280 people named Brinkerhoff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,130 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,003.

    #9,861
    rank among US surnames
    3,280
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,909)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,853Morello3,28394,044
    #9,854Velazco3,28294,072
    #9,859O'Boyle3,28194,101
    #9,861Decosta3,28094,130
    #9,865Reneau3,27994,158
    #9,870Biles3,27894,187

    Who is named Brinkerhoff

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

    94% of people named Brinkerhoff identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brinkerhoff

    Brinkerhoff 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 Brinkerhoff?
    3,280 people in the United States had the surname Brinkerhoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,130 Americans. It ranked 9,861st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brinkerhoff?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brinkerhoff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brinkerhoff getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,280 in 2010, up 9.2%.