How Many People Have the Last Name Brooks?
people had the surname Brooks in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,172 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+10,912 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Brooks (60.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 33.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Brooks ranks #56. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 62.7% to 60.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Brooks grew from 240,751 people in 2000 to 251,663 in 2010 (up 4.5%), and its rank fell from #77 to #82. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 89.25 to 85.32 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 240,751 | 251,663 |
| Rank | #77 | #82 |
| Per 100,000 people | 89.25 | 85.32 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Brooks
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Brooks: B620
👤 Brooks as a First Name
Brooks is a first name too: about 56,094 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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