# Brisco (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brisco/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,123 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,316 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,862 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (3,040 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English birċe (“birch”) + sceaga (“thicket”), Scandinavianised with the Old Norse cognates birkja + skógr.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brisco in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 42% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brisco in the United States.

## People named Brisco

- Gerald Brisco, American professional wrestler and amateur wrestler
- Jack Brisco, American professional wrestler and amateur wrestler (1941-2010)
- Wes Brisco, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Briscoe, Briggs, Brice, Brickey, Brick, Boris, Barco, Bracco, Briese, Brasch, Bruso, Biros.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.