How common is the surname Berube?

6,067 people in the United States had the surname Berube in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,889 Americans. It ranked 5,716th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Berube?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Berube identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Berube most common?

Wikidata records people named Berube in the United States.

Is the surname Berube getting more or less common?

More common. 5,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,067 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Berube

A French surname, carried by 6,067 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Berube is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Bérubé.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,067 people named Berube in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,889 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,887.

#5,716

rank among US surnames

6,067

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,435)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,711	Lavelle	6,074	50,831
#5,713	McClary	6,070	50,864
#5,715	Sonnier	6,068	50,881
#5,716	Thorp	6,067	50,889

Who is named Berube

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Berube identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Berubes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Berube
American swimmer, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Berube

Barbe

Berube has the Soundex code B610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B610.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Berube come from?: From French Bérubé.
How common is the surname Berube?: 6,067 people in the United States had the surname Berube in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,889 Americans. It ranked 5,716th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Berube?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Berube identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Berube?: Ryan Berube, American swimmer.
Where is the surname Berube most common?: Wikidata records people named Berube in the United States.
Is the surname Berube getting more or less common?: More common. 5,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,067 in 2010, up 3.1%.