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    The surname Brothers

    A surname, carried by 11,619 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B636

    Brothers: #3,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brothers #3,096, 11,619 people Brothers: #3,096 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brothers #3,096, 11,619 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brothers is more common than 98.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,619 people named Brothers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,572 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,294.

    #3,096
    rank among US surnames
    11,619
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,925)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,087Helm11,64926,504
    #3,088Bull11,64626,511
    #3,089Dockery11,64426,515
    #3,091Matias11,63526,536
    #3,092Boland11,63126,545
    #3,093Spain11,62826,552
    #3,094Jain11,62626,556

    Who is named Brothers

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

    79% of people named Brothers identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brotherss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joyce Brothers
      American psychologist and columnist (1927–2013)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brothers

    Brothers has the Soundex code B636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B636.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brothers?
    11,619 people in the United States had the surname Brothers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,572 Americans. It ranked 3,096th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brothers?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Brothers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brothers?
    Joyce Brothers, American psychologist and columnist (1927–2013).
    Where is the surname Brothers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brothers in the United States.
    Is the surname Brothers getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,619 in 2010, up 2.9%.