How common is the surname Brockett?

3,111 people in the United States had the surname Brockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. It ranked 10,358th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Brockett getting more or less common?

More common. 3,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,111 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Brockett

A surname, carried by 3,111 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brockett is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,111 people named Brockett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,003.

#10,358

rank among US surnames

3,111

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,909)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,352	Sias	3,112	99,211
#10,358	Peirce	3,111	99,243
#10,365	Bollman	3,110	99,275

Who is named Brockett

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

82% of people named Brockett identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brockett

Brockett has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Questions

How common is the surname Brockett?: 3,111 people in the United States had the surname Brockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,243 Americans. It ranked 10,358th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brockett?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Brockett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Brockett getting more or less common?: More common. 3,003 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,111 in 2010, up 3.6%.