How common is the surname Brokaw?

3,523 people in the United States had the surname Brokaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,637 Americans. It ranked 9,237th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brokaw?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brokaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brokaw?

Tom Brokaw, American broadcast journalist and author (born 1940), followed by Gary Brokaw.

Where is the surname Brokaw most common?

Wikidata records people named Brokaw in the United States.

Is the surname Brokaw getting more or less common?

More common. 3,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,523 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Brokaw

A surname, carried by 3,523 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). Brokaw is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,523 people named Brokaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,637 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,395.

#9,237

rank among US surnames

3,523

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,868)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,233	McGlone	3,527	87,538
#9,234	Porto	3,526	87,563
#9,236	Trader	3,525	87,587
#9,237	Bennet	3,523	87,637
#9,241	Kost	3,522	87,662
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687

Who is named Brokaw

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

94% of people named Brokaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brokaws

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Brokaw
American broadcast journalist and author (born 1940)
Gary Brokaw
American basketball player and coach (born 1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brokaw

Brokaw 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 Brokaw?: 3,523 people in the United States had the surname Brokaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,637 Americans. It ranked 9,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brokaw?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Brokaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brokaw?: Tom Brokaw, American broadcast journalist and author (born 1940), followed by Gary Brokaw.
Where is the surname Brokaw most common?: Wikidata records people named Brokaw in the United States.
Is the surname Brokaw getting more or less common?: More common. 3,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,523 in 2010, up 3.8%.