Explore the Family Name Brazeau

The meaning of Brazeau

Breton (Loire-Atlantique): variant of Brazo, a nickname from a diminutive of bras ‘big’. History: Nicolas Brazeau from Paris, France, married Perrette Billard in Paris in 1661, died in Montreal, QC, c.1705. Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Fernand, Gaetan, Germain, Marcel, Pierre, Viateur, Yvon.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Brazeau saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Its rank fell from 27,289 to 27,845, representing a change of -2.04%. Despite this, the actual count of people with this surname increased by 3.48% during the same period, from 833 to 862. However, the proportion of people with the surname per 100k decreased by -6.45%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,289	#27,845	-2.04%
Count	833	862	3.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.29	-6.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brazeau

When looking at the ethnic identity associated with the surname Brazeau, there were some notable changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased slightly from 94.60% to 93.16%, while those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 2.76% to 3.71%. A new representation was seen within the Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, which had no percentage in 2000 but recorded 0.70% and 0.93% respectively in 2010. The proportion of those identifying with two or more races decreased from 0.96% to 0.81%, and the Black category saw a minor decrease from 0.72% to 0.70%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.6%	93.16%	-1.52%
Hispanic	2.76%	3.71%	34.42%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.93%	0%
Two or More Races	0.96%	0.81%	-15.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.7%	0%
Black	0.72%	0.7%	-2.78%