The surname Breitenstein
A German surname, carried by 1,355 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex B635
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Breitenstein.
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 1,355 people named Breitenstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,162.
Who is named Breitenstein
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Breitenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Bridenstine
Surnames that sound like Breitenstein
Breitenstein has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Breitenstein come from?
- Borrowed from German Breitenstein.
- How common is the surname Breitenstein?
- 1,355 people in the United States had the surname Breitenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,856 Americans. It ranked 19,834th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Breitenstein?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Breitenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Breitenstein getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,355 in 2010, up 17%.
- What are other spellings of Breitenstein?
- Bridenstine.