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    The surname Brownell

    A surname, carried by 7,045 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B654

    Brownell: #4,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brownell #4,984, 7,045 people Brownell: #4,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brownell #4,984, 7,045 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brownell is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,045 people named Brownell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,825 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,959.

    #4,984
    rank among US surnames
    7,045
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,659)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,980Damian7,04843,806
    #4,981Spurgeon7,04743,812
    #4,983Brumley7,04643,819
    #4,984Brownell7,04543,825

    Who is named Brownell

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

    93% of people named Brownell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brownells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Herbert Brownell
      American lawyer and politician (1904–1996)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brownell

    Brownell has the Soundex code B654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B654.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brownell?
    7,045 people in the United States had the surname Brownell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,825 Americans. It ranked 4,984th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brownell?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brownell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brownell?
    Herbert Brownell, American lawyer and politician (1904–1996).
    Where is the surname Brownell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brownell in the United States.
    Is the surname Brownell getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,045 in 2010, up 1.2%.