How common is the surname Brutus?

1,797 people in the United States had the surname Brutus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Brutus getting more or less common?

More common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, up 55%.

Is Brutus also a first name?

Yes. Brutus is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brutus

A surname, carried by 1,797 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B632 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brutus is more common than 90.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,797 people named Brutus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,162.

#16,108

rank among US surnames

1,797

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+54.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,069)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,100	Coughlan	1,798	171,716
#16,108	Parshall	1,797	171,812

Who is named Brutus

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

89% of people named Brutus identified as Black (not Hispanic), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 89%
White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brutus

Brutus has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

How common is the surname Brutus?: 1,797 people in the United States had the surname Brutus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brutus?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Brutus identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Brutus getting more or less common?: More common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, up 55%.
Is Brutus also a first name?: Yes. Brutus is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.