How common is the surname Brauer?

4,906 people in the United States had the surname Brauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,932 Americans. It ranked 6,858th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brauer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brauer?

Timna Brauer, Austrian singer, followed by Arik Brauer.

Where is the surname Brauer most common?

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

Is the surname Brauer getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,906 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Brauer

A German occupational surname, carried by 4,906 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brauer is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Brauer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,906 people named Brauer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,932 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,959.

#6,858

rank among US surnames

4,906

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,326)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,851	Eckman	4,914	62,830
#6,852	Villalba	4,913	62,843
#6,853	Kyles	4,911	62,868
#6,854	Wilmot	4,910	62,881
#6,855	Harrod	4,909	62,894
#6,856	Quijada	4,908	62,907
#6,857	Nieman	4,907	62,919

Who is named Brauer

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

95% of people named Brauer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brauers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timna Brauer
Austrian singer, born 1961
Arik Brauer
Austrian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, singer and poet (1929–2021)
Friedrich Moritz Brauer
Austrian entomologist (1832-1904)

Notable Brauers come mostly from Austria (2) and Austria–Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brauer

Brauer has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brauer come from?: Occupational surname, borrowed from German Brauer (“brewer”).
How common is the surname Brauer?: 4,906 people in the United States had the surname Brauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,932 Americans. It ranked 6,858th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brauer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brauer?: Timna Brauer, Austrian singer, followed by Arik Brauer.
Where is the surname Brauer most common?: Wikidata records people named Brauer in Austria and Austria–Hungary.
What type of surname is Brauer?: Brauer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Brauer getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,959 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,906 in 2010, down 1.1%.