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    The surname Brinton

    A surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B653

    Brinton: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brinton #13,627, 2,222 people Brinton: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brinton #13,627, 2,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brinton is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,222 people named Brinton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,185.

    #13,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,222
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,902)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Brinton

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

    92% of people named Brinton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brintons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Daniel Garrison Brinton
      American archaeologist and ethnologist (1837-1899)
    • Crane Brinton
      American historian, 1898–1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brinton

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brinton?
    2,222 people in the United States had the surname Brinton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brinton?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brinton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Brinton?
    Daniel Garrison Brinton, American archaeologist and ethnologist (1837-1899), followed by Crane Brinton.
    Where is the surname Brinton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brinton in the United States.
    Is the surname Brinton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 1.7%.