# Browne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/browne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname, a spelling variant of Brown.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,289 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,615 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,852 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (21,109 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Browne in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

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

## People named Browne

- Jackson Browne, American singer-songwriter
- Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (1922–2007)
- Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal
- Malcolm Browne, American photographer and journalist (1931–2012)
- Sylvia Browne, American author, psychic and medium (1936-2013)
- Walter Browne, American poker and chess player (1949–2015)
- Hablot Knight Browne, British artist (1815-1882)
- Leslie Browne, American dancer and actress (1957)
- Harry Browne, American writer and politician (1933–2006)
- Anthony Browne, British author (born 1946)
- Roger Browne, American actor (1930–2024)
- Charles Farrar Browne, American writer (1834–1867)

and 22 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Brown, Byrne, Baron, Barone, Bourne, Boren, Byron, Born, Borne, Brune, Brawn, Biron.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.