# Brauer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brauer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,906 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,858 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 62,932 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (4,959 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Occupational surname, borrowed from German Brauer (“brewer”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brauer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brauer in Austria and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Brauer

- Timna Brauer, Austrian singer
- Arik Brauer, Austrian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, singer and poet (1929–2021)
- Friedrich Moritz Brauer, Austrian entomologist (1832-1904)

## Similar surnames

Breuer, Brar, Brier, Borer, Briere, Bearer, Brewer, Brower, Brouwer, Bryer, Breyer, Barrera.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.