How common is the surname Brittain?

8,671 people in the United States had the surname Brittain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,607 Americans. It ranked 4,096th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brittain?

Will Brittain, American actor, followed by Mike Brittain.

Where is the surname Brittain most common?

Wikidata records people named Brittain in the United States.

Is the surname Brittain getting more or less common?

More common. 8,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,671 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Brittain

A Norman place surname, carried by 8,671 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brittain is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

Variant of Britain; habitational surname from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne (“Brittany”), from Latin Britannia.

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

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,671 people named Brittain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,607 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,294.

#4,096

rank among US surnames

8,671

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,934)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,087	Peterman	8,690	35,529
#4,088	Clapp	8,689	35,533
#4,089	Pannell	8,687	35,541
#4,090	Keel	8,682	35,562
#4,091	Coppola	8,676	35,586
#4,092	Shorter	8,675	35,590
#4,095	Earle	8,672	35,603

Who is named Brittain

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

90% of people named Brittain identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brittains

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Will Brittain
American actor, born 1990
Mike Brittain
American basketball player (1963-1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brittain

Brittain has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brittain come from?: Variant of Britain; habitational surname from Anglo-Norman Bretaigne (“Brittany”), from Latin Britannia.
How common is the surname Brittain?: 8,671 people in the United States had the surname Brittain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,607 Americans. It ranked 4,096th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brittain?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Brittain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brittain?: Will Brittain, American actor, followed by Mike Brittain.
Where is the surname Brittain most common?: Wikidata records people named Brittain in the United States.
What type of surname is Brittain?: Brittain is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brittain getting more or less common?: More common. 8,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,671 in 2010, up 4.5%.