Surname Checker / Brooks
How Common Is the Last Name Brooks?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Brooks today
278,647
Ranked #82 of 162,254 published surnames · 85.32 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 251,663 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
60.22%
Black
33.47%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.48%
Hispanic
2.48%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.