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    The surname Brummell

    An English surname, carried by 622 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B654

    Brummell: #36,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brummell #36,048, 622 people Brummell: #36,048 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Brummell #36,048, 622 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brummell is more common than 77.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Variant of Bramhall, itself Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 622 people named Brummell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 496,375 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 612.

    #36,048
    rank among US surnames
    622
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #34,904)

    Who is named Brummell

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

    58% of people named Brummell identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brummell

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

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Brummell come from?
    Variant of Bramhall, itself Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).
    How common is the surname Brummell?
    622 people in the United States had the surname Brummell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 496,375 Americans. It ranked 36,048th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brummell?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Brummell identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brummell getting more or less common?
    More common. 612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 622 in 2010, up 1.6%.