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    The surname Brockbank

    An English place surname, carried by 526 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B621

    Brockbank: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brockbank #41,359, 526 people Brockbank: #41,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Brockbank #41,359, 526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brockbank is more common than 74.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Topographic surname from Middle English brook (“brook, stream”) + bank (“ridge, slope, bank”).

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

    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 526 people named Brockbank in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 444.

    #41,359
    rank among US surnames
    526
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.5%
    change since 2000 (was #45,403)

    Who is named Brockbank

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

    95% of people named Brockbank identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brockbank come from?
    Topographic surname from Middle English brook (“brook, stream”) + bank (“ridge, slope, bank”).
    How common is the surname Brockbank?
    526 people in the United States had the surname Brockbank in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 586,969 Americans. It ranked 41,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brockbank?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brockbank identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Brockbank?
    Brockbank is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Brockbank getting more or less common?
    More common. 444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 526 in 2010, up 19%.