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    The surname Westbrooks

    A surname, carried by 2,326 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W231

    Westbrooks: #13,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Westbrooks #13,155, 2,326 people Westbrooks: #13,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Westbrooks #13,155, 2,326 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westbrooks is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Westbrook + -s.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,326 people named Westbrooks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,737 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,157.

    #13,155
    rank among US surnames
    2,326
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,031)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,148Thapa2,328132,623
    #13,153Washam2,327132,680
    #13,155Huezo2,326132,737
    #13,158Cannella2,325132,794
    #13,160Neuhaus2,324132,851

    Who is named Westbrooks

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

    50% of people named Westbrooks identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    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 Westbrooks

    Westbrooks has the Soundex code W231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W231.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Westbrooks come from?
    From Westbrook + -s.
    How common is the surname Westbrooks?
    2,326 people in the United States had the surname Westbrooks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,737 Americans. It ranked 13,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Westbrooks?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Westbrooks identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Westbrooks getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,326 in 2010, up 7.8%.