How common is the surname Breitenbach?

1,441 people in the United States had the surname Breitenbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Breitenbach getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Breitenbach

A surname, carried by 1,441 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Breitenbach is more common than 88.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,441 people named Breitenbach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,442.

#18,939

rank among US surnames

1,441

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #17,895)

Who is named Breitenbach

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

95% of people named Breitenbach identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Breitenbach

Breitenbach 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 Breitenbach?: 1,441 people in the United States had the surname Breitenbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,258 Americans. It ranked 18,939th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Breitenbach?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Breitenbach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Breitenbach getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,441 in 2010, down 0.1%.