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    The surname Breneman

    A surname, carried by 2,520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Breneman: #12,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Breneman #12,339, 2,520 people Breneman: #12,339 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Breneman #12,339, 2,520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Breneman is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,520 people named Breneman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,335.

    #12,339
    rank among US surnames
    2,520
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,233)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518
    #12,348Timmins2,519122,567

    Who is named Breneman

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

    96% of people named Breneman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Breneman

    Breneman has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Breneman?
    2,520 people in the United States had the surname Breneman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,518 Americans. It ranked 12,339th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Breneman?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Breneman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Breneman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,335 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,520 in 2010, up 7.9%.