# Bremer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bremer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,733 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,195 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (6,581 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Bremer, equivalent to Brem(en) + -er.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bremer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bremer in the United States, Brazil, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sweden.

## People named Bremer

- Bremer, Brazilian association football player
- Paul Bremer, American diplomat
- Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (1917-1996)
- Väinö Bremer, Biathlete and modern pentathlete (1899–1964)
- J.R. Bremer, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Kåre Bremer, botanist
- Anne Bremer, American painter (1868-1923)
- Arthur Bremer, American failed assassin

## Similar surnames

Brammer, Brummer, Brimmer, Brehmer, Bramer, Brimer, Brenner, Bruner, Berner, Bryner, Briner, Bremner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.