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    The surname Brite

    A surname, carried by 1,076 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B630

    Brite: #23,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brite #23,587, 1,076 people Brite: #23,587 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brite #23,587, 1,076 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brite is more common than 85.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,076 people named Brite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,010.

    #23,587
    rank among US surnames
    1,076
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,468)

    Who is named Brite

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

    72% of people named Brite identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    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 Brite

    Brite has the Soundex code B630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brite?
    1,076 people in the United States had the surname Brite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brite?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Brite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brite getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 6.5%.