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    The surname Bremner

    A surname, carried by 1,547 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Bremner: #18,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bremner #18,036, 1,547 people Bremner: #18,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bremner #18,036, 1,547 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bremner is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,547 people named Bremner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,577 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,258.

    #18,036
    rank among US surnames
    1,547
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23%
    change since 2000 (was #19,797)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,028Andrada1,548199,448
    #18,036Erhart1,547199,577
    #18,043Wadlington1,546199,706

    Who is named Bremner

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

    83% of people named Bremner identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 5.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bremners

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Janice Bremner
      Artistic swimmer from Canada, born 1974

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bremner

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bremner?
    1,547 people in the United States had the surname Bremner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,577 Americans. It ranked 18,036th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bremner?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Bremner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Bremner?
    Janice Bremner, artistic swimmer from Canada.
    Where is the surname Bremner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bremner in Canada.
    Is the surname Bremner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,547 in 2010, up 23%.