How common is the surname Braunstein?

2,304 people in the United States had the surname Braunstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,004 Americans. It ranked 13,251st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Braunstein?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Braunstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Braunstein?

Ill Bill, American rapper and record producer.

Where is the surname Braunstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Braunstein in the United States.

Is the surname Braunstein getting more or less common?

More common. 2,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,304 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Braunstein

A German surname, carried by 2,304 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Braunstein is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Braunstein.

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 2,304 people named Braunstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,004 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,006.

#13,251

rank among US surnames

2,304

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+14.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,825)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,246	Yousef	2,305	133,946
#13,251	Amey	2,304	134,004
#13,255	Blackledge	2,303	134,062
#13,259	Hershman	2,302	134,121

Who is named Braunstein

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

94% of people named Braunstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Braunsteins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ill Bill
American rapper and record producer, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Braunstein

Braunstein has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Braunstein come from?: Borrowed from German Braunstein.
How common is the surname Braunstein?: 2,304 people in the United States had the surname Braunstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,004 Americans. It ranked 13,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Braunstein?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Braunstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Braunstein?: Ill Bill, American rapper and record producer.
Where is the surname Braunstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Braunstein in the United States.
Is the surname Braunstein getting more or less common?: More common. 2,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,304 in 2010, up 15%.