How Common Is the Last Name Brown?

Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Brown today

1,591,109

Ranked #4 of 162,254 published surnames · 487.16 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 1,437,026 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.

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Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census

White

57.95%

Black

35.6%

Asian / Pacific Islander

0.51%

Hispanic

2.52%

Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.