How common is the surname Brookes?

2,225 people in the United States had the surname Brookes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,762 Americans. It ranked 13,616th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brookes?

Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (1877–1968), followed by Jacqueline Brookes.

Where is the surname Brookes most common?

Wikidata records people named Brookes in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Brookes getting more or less common?

More common. 1,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,225 in 2010, up 31%.

The surname Brookes

A surname, carried by 2,225 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brookes is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,225 people named Brookes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,762 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,703.

#13,616

rank among US surnames

2,225

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+30.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,738)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,612	Rowlands	2,226	138,700
#13,616	Wootton	2,225	138,762
#13,622	Wilmer	2,224	138,824
#13,625	Gauvin	2,223	138,887

Who is named Brookes

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

74% of people named Brookes identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brookess

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Norman Brookes
Australian tennis player (1877–1968)
Jacqueline Brookes
American actress, acting teacher (1930–2013)
William Penny Brookes
British doctor (1809-1895)
Mabel Brookes
Australian writer (1890–1975)

Notable Brookess come mostly from Australia (2), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brookes

Brookes has the Soundex code B622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B622.

Questions

How common is the surname Brookes?: 2,225 people in the United States had the surname Brookes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,762 Americans. It ranked 13,616th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brookes?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Brookes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brookes?: Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (1877–1968), followed by Jacqueline Brookes.
Where is the surname Brookes most common?: Wikidata records people named Brookes in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Brookes getting more or less common?: More common. 1,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,225 in 2010, up 31%.