How common is the surname Briscoe?

13,728 people in the United States had the surname Briscoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,490 Americans. It ranked 2,629th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Briscoe?

Brent Briscoe, American actor and screenwriter (1961–2017), followed by Ryan Briscoe.

Where is the surname Briscoe most common?

Wikidata records people named Briscoe in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Briscoe getting more or less common?

More common. 13,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,728 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Briscoe

A Norse place surname, carried by 13,728 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Briscoe is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From Old Norse bretar (“Britons”) or birki (“birch”) + skógr (“wood”).

Briscoe is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,728 people named Briscoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,490 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,030.

#2,629

rank among US surnames

13,728

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,549)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,620	Parrott	13,753	22,449
#2,621	Christy	13,750	22,454
#2,622	Singletary	13,749	22,456
#2,623	Mateo	13,746	22,461
#2,624	Gunderson	13,742	22,467
#2,625	Coburn	13,741	22,469
#2,626	Minton	13,737	22,475

Who is named Briscoe

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

55% of people named Briscoe identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Briscoes

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brent Briscoe
American actor and screenwriter (1961–2017)
Ryan Briscoe
Australian racecar driver (born 1981)
Dolph Briscoe
American politician (1923–2010)
Mark Briscoe
American professional wrestler, born 1985
Isaiah Briscoe
American basketball player (born 1996)

Notable Briscoes come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Briscoe

Briscoe has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Briscoe come from?: From Old Norse bretar (“Britons”) or birki (“birch”) + skógr (“wood”).
How common is the surname Briscoe?: 13,728 people in the United States had the surname Briscoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,490 Americans. It ranked 2,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Briscoe?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Briscoe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Briscoe?: Brent Briscoe, American actor and screenwriter (1961–2017), followed by Ryan Briscoe.
Where is the surname Briscoe most common?: Wikidata records people named Briscoe in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Briscoe?: Briscoe is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Briscoe getting more or less common?: More common. 13,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,728 in 2010, up 5.4%.