# Brito (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,007 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,711 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,697 people |
| Change since 2000 | +43% (14,740 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brito 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) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 85% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brito in Brazil, Bolivia, the Kingdom of Portugal and the Dominican Republic.

## People named Brito

- Marco Brito, Brazilian association football player
- Hermínio de Brito, Brazilian footballer
- Miguel Brito, Bolivian footballer
- Filipe de Brito e Nicote, adventurer, mercenary, and Governor of Syriam (1605-1613)
- Sthefany Brito, Brazilian actress
- Baltemar Brito, Brazilian football player/manager
- Carlos Brito, Brazilian manager
- Tilson Brito, baseball player
- Raimundo de Farias Brito, Brazilian writer (1862-1917)
- Irmã Dulce Pontes, Brazilian Catholic Franciscan Sister (1914-1992)
- Rodrigo Galo, Brazilian footballer
- Augusto Lima, Brazilian basketball player (born 1991)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bright, Britt, Barto, Birt, Bartow, Britto, Breit, Brite, Barrett, Byrd, Brady, Beard.

## 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.