How common is the surname Obryant?

4,001 people in the United States had the surname Obryant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,167 Americans. It ranked 8,283rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Obryant getting more or less common?

More common. 3,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,001 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Obryant

A surname, carried by 4,001 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Obryant is more common than 94.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,001 people named Obryant in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,167 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,770.

#8,283

rank among US surnames

4,001

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,103)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,277	Beadle	4,005	77,090
#8,280	Yusuf	4,003	77,129
#8,281	Wiser	4,002	77,148
#8,283	Obryant	4,001	77,167
#8,285	Kanter	4,000	77,186
#8,286	Jump	3,999	77,206

Who is named Obryant

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

63% of people named Obryant identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 32%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Obryant

Obryant has the Soundex code O165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O165.

Questions

How common is the surname Obryant?: 4,001 people in the United States had the surname Obryant in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,167 Americans. It ranked 8,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Obryant?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Obryant identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Obryant getting more or less common?: More common. 3,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,001 in 2010, up 6.1%.