Explore the Family Name Brash

The meaning of Brash

1. Scottish: probably a nickname for an impetuous person, from northern English dialect brasche ‘rash, impetuous’ (associated with brasche ‘assault, attack’, a word of imitative origin). 2. Americanized form of German Braasch or Brasch. 3. Americanized form of Polish Braś (see Bras).

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How common is the last name Brash in the United States?

The surname Brash has seen a decrease in popularity over the past decade, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it was ranked 34,342 with a count of 624 people carrying the name, translating to 0.23 per 100k. However, by 2010, its rank had dropped to 38,265 and the count decreased to 579 or 0.2 per 100k, showing an overall decline of 11.42% in rank and 7.21% in count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,342	#38,265	-11.42%
Count	624	579	-7.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brash

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some shifts in the distribution of the Brash surname between different ethnic groups. The proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander saw a slight increase from 3.69% in 2000 to 3.97% in 2010. Similarly, there was a minor increase among Whites from 82.37% to 82.73%. Hispanics also started appearing in the records with a 2.59% share in 2010, while there were none in 2000. On the other hand, the number of those identifying as Black increased slightly from 6.57% to 7.25%. Conversely, the percentage of those claiming two or more races decreased from 4.33% to 3.45%. The American Indian and Alaskan Native category remained constant at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.37%	82.73%	0.44%
Black	6.57%	7.25%	10.35%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.69%	3.97%	7.59%
Two or More Races	4.33%	3.45%	-20.32%
Hispanic	0%	2.59%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%