How common is the surname Breese?

3,130 people in the United States had the surname Breese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,641 Americans. It ranked 10,297th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Breese?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Breese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Breese?

Edmund Breese, American actor (1871–1936), followed by Sidney Breese.

Where is the surname Breese most common?

Wikidata records people named Breese in the United States.

Is the surname Breese getting more or less common?

More common. 3,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,130 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Breese

A surname, carried by 3,130 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Breese is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,130 people named Breese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,641 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,060.

#10,297

rank among US surnames

3,130

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,290	Jarquin	3,132	98,578
#10,292	Andress	3,131	98,609
#10,297	Breese	3,130	98,641
#10,298	Myhre	3,129	98,672
#10,301	Massengale	3,128	98,704
#10,302	Brandes	3,127	98,735
#10,306	Elson	3,126	98,767

Who is named Breese

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

94% of people named Breese identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Breeses

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edmund Breese
American actor (1871–1936)
Sidney Breese
American politician (1800-1878)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Breese

Breese has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Questions

How common is the surname Breese?: 3,130 people in the United States had the surname Breese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,641 Americans. It ranked 10,297th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Breese?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Breese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Breese?: Edmund Breese, American actor (1871–1936), followed by Sidney Breese.
Where is the surname Breese most common?: Wikidata records people named Breese in the United States.
Is the surname Breese getting more or less common?: More common. 3,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,130 in 2010, up 2.3%.