How common is the surname Bremer?

6,733 people in the United States had the surname Bremer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,856 Americans. It ranked 5,195th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bremer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bremer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bremer?

Bremer, Brazilian association football player, followed by Paul Bremer.

Where is the surname Bremer most common?

Wikidata records people named Bremer in the United States, Brazil and Finland and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Bremer getting more or less common?

More common. 6,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,733 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Bremer

A German place surname, carried by 6,733 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bremer is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Bremer is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 6,733 people named Bremer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,856 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,581.

#5,195

rank among US surnames

6,733

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,906)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,191	Loftin	6,739	45,815
#5,192	Albritton	6,737	45,828
#5,194	Wisdom	6,734	45,849
#5,195	Bremer	6,733	45,856
#5,196	Rountree	6,726	45,903
#5,197	Roybal	6,725	45,910

Who is named Bremer

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

94% of people named Bremer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bremers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bremer
Brazilian association football player, born 1997
Paul Bremer
American diplomat, born 1941
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, born 1948
Anne Bremer
American painter (1868-1923)
Arthur Bremer
American failed assassin, born 1950

Notable Bremers come mostly from the United States (4), Brazil (1) and Finland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bremer

Bremer has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bremer come from?: Borrowed from German Bremer, equivalent to Brem(en) + -er.
How common is the surname Bremer?: 6,733 people in the United States had the surname Bremer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,856 Americans. It ranked 5,195th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bremer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bremer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bremer?: Bremer, Brazilian association football player, followed by Paul Bremer.
Where is the surname Bremer most common?: Wikidata records people named Bremer in the United States, Brazil and Finland and 2 other countries.
What type of surname is Bremer?: Bremer is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bremer getting more or less common?: More common. 6,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,733 in 2010, up 2.3%.