The surname Breeding
A surname, carried by 5,358 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B635
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,358 people named Breeding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,623 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,277.
#6,358
rank among US surnames
5,358
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+1.5%
change since 2000 (was #6,007)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6,349 | Casiano | 5,369 | 57,505 |
| #6,350 | Studer | 5,368 | 57,516 |
| #6,351 | Carruthers | 5,367 | 57,527 |
| #6,352 | Brewington | 5,366 | 57,537 |
| #6,353 | Kreider | 5,365 | 57,548 |
| #6,355 | Howlett | 5,364 | 57,559 |
| #6,356 | Tarango | 5,360 | 57,602 |
Who is named Breeding
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Breeding identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Surnames that sound like Breeding
Breeding has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.
Questions
- How common is the surname Breeding?
- 5,358 people in the United States had the surname Breeding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,623 Americans. It ranked 6,358th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Breeding?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Breeding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Breeding getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,358 in 2010, up 1.5%.