How common is the surname Brotherton?

5,086 people in the United States had the surname Brotherton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,705 Americans. It ranked 6,654th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brotherton?

John Brotherton, American actor.

Where is the surname Brotherton most common?

Wikidata records people named Brotherton in the United States.

Is the surname Brotherton getting more or less common?

More common. 4,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,086 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Brotherton

An English place surname, carried by 5,086 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brotherton is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English brōþor (“brother”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Bretherton.

Brotherton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,086 people named Brotherton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,705 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,958.

#6,654

rank among US surnames

5,086

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,649	Hixon	5,091	60,645
#6,651	Massaro	5,089	60,669
#6,653	Lewin	5,088	60,681
#6,654	Brotherton	5,086	60,705

Who is named Brotherton

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

92% of people named Brotherton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brothertons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Brotherton
American actor, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Brotherston

Surnames that sound like Brotherton

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brotherton come from?: From Old English brōþor (“brother”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). Compare Bretherton.
How common is the surname Brotherton?: 5,086 people in the United States had the surname Brotherton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,705 Americans. It ranked 6,654th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brotherton?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brotherton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brotherton?: John Brotherton, American actor.
Where is the surname Brotherton most common?: Wikidata records people named Brotherton in the United States.
What type of surname is Brotherton?: Brotherton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Brotherton getting more or less common?: More common. 4,958 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,086 in 2010, up 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Brotherton?: Brotherston.