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    The surname Breeden

    A surname, carried by 11,395 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B635

    Breeden: #3,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Breeden #3,169, 11,395 people Breeden: #3,169 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Breeden #3,169, 11,395 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Breeden is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Breedon or Bredon.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,395 people named Breeden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,095 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,039.

    #3,169
    rank among US surnames
    11,395
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,008)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,160Janssen11,42327,028
    #3,161Lauer11,41427,050
    #3,162Gresham11,41227,054
    #3,163Fennell11,41027,059
    #3,164Vest11,40527,071
    #3,165Grogan11,40027,083
    #3,167Rupp11,39927,085

    Who is named Breeden

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

    89% of people named Breeden identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Breedens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elaine Breeden
      American swimmer, born 1988

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Breeden

    Breeden has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Breeden come from?
    Variant of Breedon or Bredon.
    How common is the surname Breeden?
    11,395 people in the United States had the surname Breeden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,095 Americans. It ranked 3,169th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Breeden?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Breeden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Breeden?
    Elaine Breeden, American swimmer.
    Where is the surname Breeden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Breeden in the United States.
    Is the surname Breeden getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,395 in 2010, up 3.2%.