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    The surname Browner

    A surname, carried by 1,483 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Browner: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Browner #18,584, 1,483 people Browner: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Browner #18,584, 1,483 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Browner is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,483 people named Browner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,282.

    #18,584
    rank among US surnames
    1,483
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,491)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,579Shimabukuro1,484208,050
    #18,584Bollin1,483208,190

    Who is named Browner

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

    58% of people named Browner identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Browners

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carol Browner
      American cabinet secretary, environmentalist, lawyer, born 1955
    • Brandon Browner
      American and Canadian football player, defensive back, cornerback, born 1984

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Browner

    Browner has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Browner?
    1,483 people in the United States had the surname Browner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. It ranked 18,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Browner?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Browner identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Browner?
    Carol Browner, American cabinet secretary, environmentalist, lawyer, followed by Brandon Browner.
    Where is the surname Browner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Browner in the United States.
    Is the surname Browner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,483 in 2010, up 16%.