How common is the surname Brixey?

1,005 people in the United States had the surname Brixey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brixey?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Brixey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Brixey getting more or less common?

More common. 982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Brixey

An English surname, carried by 1,005 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). Brixey is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From an Old English personal name composed of the elements bryht (“bright”) + siġe (“victory”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,005 people named Brixey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 982.

#24,787

rank among US surnames

1,005

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #23,986)

Who is named Brixey

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

88% of people named Brixey identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.6%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brixey

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brixey come from?: From an Old English personal name composed of the elements bryht (“bright”) + siġe (“victory”).
How common is the surname Brixey?: 1,005 people in the United States had the surname Brixey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brixey?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Brixey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Brixey getting more or less common?: More common. 982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, up 2.3%.