Explore the Family Name Brisco

The meaning of Brisco

English: variant of Briscoe.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Brisco" saw a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Brisco was ranked 9,819th in prevalence among all surnames, but by 2010 it had dropped to 10,316th, marking a decrease of 5.06 percent. However, despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Brisco surname increased by 2.73 percent from 3,040 in 2000 to 3,123 in 2010. The proportion of individuals bearing the Brisco name per 100,000 people also decreased by 6.19 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#9,819	#10,316	-5.06%
Count	3,040	3,123	2.73%
Proportion per 100k	1.13	1.06	-6.19%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brisco

The ethnicity distribution associated with the surname Brisco experienced some shifts between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of individuals identifying as 'Two or more races' and 'Hispanic' significantly increased by 60.11 percent and 75.56 percent respectively. The largest ethnic group associated with the surname remained 'Black', which saw a slight increase of 0.72 percent, moving from 51.18 percent to 51.55 percent. The 'White' group experienced a decrease of 6.52 percent. Meanwhile, individuals who identified their ethnicity as 'Asian/Pacific Islander' and 'American Indian and Alaskan Native' were not present in the 2010 data, indicating that they might have changed their ethnicity identification or that their numbers were suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	51.18%	51.55%	0.72%
White	44.97%	42.04%	-6.52%
Two or More Races	1.78%	2.85%	60.11%
Hispanic	1.35%	2.37%	75.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.26%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.46%	0%	0%