US Population With Last Name Brown By Race and Ethnicity in the 2010 Census

Updated on December 11, 2025.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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In the 2010 Census, there were 1,437,026 people in the US whose last name was Brown, and the rate of occurence of the Brown last name was 487.16 per 100K.

The race of 57.95% of the people with the last name of Brown was Non Hispanic White Alone (i.e. 832,757 people); 35.6% was Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone (i.e. 511,581 people); and 2.55% was Non Hispanic Two or More Races (i.e. 36,644 people).

US Percentage of Pop. With Last Name Brown By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

Non-Hisp White
Non-Hisp Black
Non-Hisp Two or More Races
Hispanic or Latino
Non-Hisp AIAN
Non-Hisp ANHPI

The table below below shows by race and ethnicity, the number of people and the percentage of the total people with the Brown last name.

US Population With Last Name Brown By Race And Ethniciity in the 2010 Census

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Last Name Number of People Percent of Total (%)
Non Hispanic White Alone 832757 57.95
Non Hispanic Black or African American Alone 511581 35.6
Non Hispanic Two or More Races 36644 2.55
Hispanic or Latino 36213 2.52
Non Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 12502 0.87
Non Hispanic Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Alone 7329 0.51