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    The surname Brison

    A surname, carried by 1,325 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B625

    Brison: #20,149 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brison #20,149, 1,325 people Brison: #20,149 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brison #20,149, 1,325 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brison is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,325 people named Brison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,016 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,412.

    #20,149
    rank among US surnames
    1,325
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,177)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,149Cruze1,325233,016
    #20,157Germaine1,324233,191

    Who is named Brison

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

    58% of people named Brison identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brison

    Brison has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brison?
    1,325 people in the United States had the surname Brison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,016 Americans. It ranked 20,149th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brison?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Brison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brison getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,325 in 2010, down 6.2%.