Explore the Family Name Brasil

The meaning of Brasil

Portuguese and Spanish: habitational name denoting someone from Brazil. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Luis, Orlando, Carlos, Isidro, Jorge, Adriano, Alberto, Alvaro, Ana, Armando. Portuguese Duarte, Joao, Albano, Conceicao, Guilherme.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Brasil has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the name dropped from 25,945 in 2000 to 28,023 in 2010, marking an 8.01% change. Additionally, the number of people bearing this surname fell from 889 to 855 during the same period, a decline of 3.82%. The proportion of people named Brasil per 100,000 population also decreased by 12.12%, moving from 0.33 to 0.29.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,945	#28,023	-8.01%
Count	889	855	-3.82%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.29	-12.12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brasil

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some significant shifts in the distribution of the Brasil surname among different groups from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of people with this surname identifying as White increased by 6.39% to 87.60%. There was also a substantial rise in those identifying as Hispanic, with a 70.32% increase to 9.01%. Notably, the percentage of those identifying with two or more races decreased dramatically by 86.47% to just 1.40%. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander appeared for the first time in 2010, though Black identifiers and those who identify as American Indian and Alaskan Native were not present in the 2010 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.34%	87.6%	6.39%
Hispanic	5.29%	9.01%	70.32%
Two or More Races	10.35%	1.4%	-86.47%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.94%	0%
Black	1.12%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%