How common is the surname Brockington?

3,479 people in the United States had the surname Brockington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,745 Americans. It ranked 9,350th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Brockington getting more or less common?

More common. 3,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,479 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Brockington

A surname, carried by 3,479 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brockington is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,479 people named Brockington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,745 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,191.

#9,350

rank among US surnames

3,479

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #9,365)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,344	Lampert	3,484	88,618
#9,345	Helfrich	3,482	88,669
#9,347	Schuyler	3,480	88,720
#9,350	Hepburn	3,479	88,745
#9,352	McCammon	3,478	88,771
#9,355	Acord	3,477	88,797

Who is named Brockington

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

83% of people named Brockington identified as Black (not Hispanic), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 83%
White (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brockington

Brockington has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Questions

How common is the surname Brockington?: 3,479 people in the United States had the surname Brockington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,745 Americans. It ranked 9,350th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brockington?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Brockington identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Brockington getting more or less common?: More common. 3,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,479 in 2010, up 9.0%.