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    The surname Brosseau

    A French surname, carried by 1,209 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B620

    Brosseau: #21,583 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brosseau #21,583, 1,209 people Brosseau: #21,583 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brosseau #21,583, 1,209 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brosseau is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    A surname from French.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,209 people named Brosseau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,157.

    #21,583
    rank among US surnames
    1,209
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,142)

    Who is named Brosseau

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

    95% of people named Brosseau identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brosseau

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brosseau come from?
    Brosseau is French in origin.
    How common is the surname Brosseau?
    1,209 people in the United States had the surname Brosseau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. It ranked 21,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brosseau?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brosseau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brosseau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,209 in 2010, up 4.5%.