How common is the last name Bryson?

17,531 people in the United States have the last name Bryson, about 1 in 17,050. It ranks #2,018 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BRYSON

#2,018

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,531
About
1 in 17,050
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,531 people with the last name Bryson, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 16.2% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bryson

#2,016 Judd · 17,539#2,017 Islam · 17,534#2,019 Vogt · 17,520#2,020 Bergman · 17,517

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bryson, most common first.

#18,508 Brison · 1,476

Also a first name

As a first name, Bryson ranks #812 of 53,615, with 58,590 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2017, with 4,687 births. See Bryson as a first name

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