BROWN is ranked as the 4th most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,470,177.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 461.08 people named BROWN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named BROWN is
1,629,909, the rank is 4
and the proportion per 100k Americans named BROWN is 511.62.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BROWN is
60.7% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
34.5% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.9% Two or More Races,
and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BROWN have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BROWN is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BROWN
The state with the most people named
BROWN is
Texas where
124,373 people have this name.
District of Columbia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BROWN, as
1156.17 in every 100,000
Washingtonians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
District of Columbia is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
South Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BROWN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
50,720
393.77
100.0%
Indiana
34,854
528.34
100.0%
Iowa
12,498
402.23
100.0%
Kansas
14,367
494.73
100.0%
Michigan
44,826
452.34
100.0%
Minnesota
13,560
248.47
100.0%
Missouri
24,483
817.72
100.0%
Nebraska
6,610
351.29
100.0%
North Dakota
1,833
247.94
99.9%
Ohio
56,803
489.93
100.0%
South Dakota
2,052
240.46
99.9%
Wisconsin
14,616
253.86
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name BROWN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
3,201
434.55
100.0%
Arizona
25,416
377.57
100.0%
California
121,834
313.99
100.0%
Colorado
21,833
407.65
100.0%
Hawaii
4,082
287.55
100.0%
Idaho
7,605
465.28
100.0%
Montana
4,479
437.6
100.0%
Nevada
11,418
402.18
100.0%
New Mexico
7,220
346.18
100.0%
Oregon
18,309
461.16
100.0%
Utah
14,882
505.69
100.0%
Washington
30,524
432.26
100.0%
Wyoming
2,835
485.28
100.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BROWN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BROWN as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BROWN.
The most popular full name is James BROWN.
1.75% of all the people named BROWN
have this given name.
There are 17181 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BROWN