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    The surname Brumley

    A surname, carried by 7,046 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B654

    Brumley: #4,983 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brumley #4,983, 7,046 people Brumley: #4,983 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brumley #4,983, 7,046 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brumley 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 7,046 people named Brumley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,819 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,820.

    #4,983
    rank among US surnames
    7,046
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,754)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,979Kuhns7,05543,763
    #4,980Damian7,04843,806
    #4,981Spurgeon7,04743,812
    #4,983Brumley7,04643,819

    Who is named Brumley

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

    90% of people named Brumley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brumley

    Brumley 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 Brumley?
    7,046 people in the United States had the surname Brumley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,819 Americans. It ranked 4,983rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brumley?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Brumley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brumley getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,046 in 2010, up 3.3%.