How common is the surname Brooker?

4,979 people in the United States had the surname Brooker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,010 Americans. It ranked 6,774th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brooker?

James Brooker, American pole vaulter, followed by Richard Brooker.

Where is the surname Brooker most common?

Wikidata records people named Brooker in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

Is the surname Brooker getting more or less common?

More common. 4,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,979 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Brooker

A surname, carried by 4,979 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brooker is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,979 people named Brooker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,010 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,714.

#6,774

rank among US surnames

4,979

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,621)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,769	Musgrave	4,982	61,972
#6,771	Bushman	4,981	61,985
#6,773	Cobos	4,980	61,997
#6,774	Brooker	4,979	62,010
#6,775	Volz	4,978	62,022

Who is named Brooker

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

81% of people named Brooker identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brookers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Brooker
American pole vaulter, 1902–1973
Richard Brooker
British actor and stuntman (1954-2013)
Ian Brooker
Australian botanist (1934-2016)
Bertram Brooker
British artist (1888-1955)

Notable Brookers come mostly from the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brooker

Brooker has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

Questions

How common is the surname Brooker?: 4,979 people in the United States had the surname Brooker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,010 Americans. It ranked 6,774th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brooker?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Brooker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brooker?: James Brooker, American pole vaulter, followed by Richard Brooker.
Where is the surname Brooker most common?: Wikidata records people named Brooker in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
Is the surname Brooker getting more or less common?: More common. 4,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,979 in 2010, up 5.6%.