How common is the surname Brockway?

4,828 people in the United States had the surname Brockway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,949 Americans. It ranked 6,947th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brockway?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brockway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Brockway getting more or less common?

More common. 4,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,828 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Brockway

A surname, carried by 4,828 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). Brockway is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,828 people named Brockway in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,949 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,765.

#6,947

rank among US surnames

4,828

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,559)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,940	Catlin	4,831	63,909
#6,943	Pastrana	4,830	63,922
#6,947	Brockway	4,828	63,949
#6,948	Nez	4,827	63,962
#6,949	Nay	4,826	63,975
#6,952	Hinrichs	4,825	63,989
#6,954	Summerlin	4,824	64,002

Who is named Brockway

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

95% of people named Brockway identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brockway

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

Questions

How common is the surname Brockway?: 4,828 people in the United States had the surname Brockway in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,949 Americans. It ranked 6,947th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brockway?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brockway identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Brockway getting more or less common?: More common. 4,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,828 in 2010, up 1.3%.