How common is the surname Brush?

6,690 people in the United States had the surname Brush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,150 Americans. It ranked 5,218th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brush?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brush identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brush?

Charles Francis Brush, American businessman (1849–1929), followed by Mary Brush.

Where is the surname Brush most common?

Wikidata records people named Brush in the United States.

Is the surname Brush getting more or less common?

More common. 6,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,690 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Brush

A surname, carried by 6,690 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brush is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,690 people named Brush in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,150 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,561.

#5,218

rank among US surnames

6,690

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #4,919)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,213	Ison	6,697	46,102
#5,215	Stott	6,693	46,130
#5,216	Nowlin	6,692	46,137
#5,218	Brush	6,690	46,150

Who is named Brush

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

93% of people named Brush identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brushs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Francis Brush
American businessman (1849–1929)
Mary Brush
American painter, sculptor, and pioneer of aviation, 1866–1949
George de Forest Brush
American artist (1855–1941)
Stephen Brush
American physicist, born 1935

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brush

Brush has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

How common is the surname Brush?: 6,690 people in the United States had the surname Brush in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,150 Americans. It ranked 5,218th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brush?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Brush identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brush?: Charles Francis Brush, American businessman (1849–1929), followed by Mary Brush.
Where is the surname Brush most common?: Wikidata records people named Brush in the United States.
Is the surname Brush getting more or less common?: More common. 6,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,690 in 2010, up 2.0%.