How common is the surname Broyles?

9,781 people in the United States had the surname Broyles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,566 Americans. It ranked 3,630th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Broyles?

William Broyles, Jr., American screenwriter (born 1944), followed by Emma Broyles.

Where is the surname Broyles most common?

Wikidata records people named Broyles in the United States.

Is the surname Broyles getting more or less common?

More common. 9,557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,781 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Broyles

A German surname, carried by 9,781 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B642

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Broyles is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized form of German Breil or Breyhel; compare Briles.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,781 people named Broyles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,566 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,557.

#3,630

rank among US surnames

9,781

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,428)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,621	Guenther	9,809	31,476
#3,622	Taggart	9,808	31,479
#3,623	Renfro	9,806	31,485
#3,624	Schindler	9,801	31,501
#3,625	Huey	9,800	31,505
#3,626	Clemente	9,797	31,514
#3,627	Lomax	9,789	31,540

Who is named Broyles

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

87% of people named Broyles identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Broyless

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Broyles, Jr.
American screenwriter (born 1944)
Emma Broyles
American model and beauty queen, born 2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Broyles

Briles

Broyles has the Soundex code B642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B642.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Broyles come from?: Americanized form of German Breil or Breyhel; compare Briles.
How common is the surname Broyles?: 9,781 people in the United States had the surname Broyles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,566 Americans. It ranked 3,630th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Broyles?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Broyles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Broyles?: William Broyles, Jr., American screenwriter (born 1944), followed by Emma Broyles.
Where is the surname Broyles most common?: Wikidata records people named Broyles in the United States.
Is the surname Broyles getting more or less common?: More common. 9,557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,781 in 2010, up 2.3%.