The surname Breshears
A surname, carried by 2,745 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex B626
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,745 people named Breshears in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,476 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,613.
#11,469
rank among US surnames
2,745
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+5.1%
change since 2000 (was #11,138)
Who is named Breshears
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Breshears identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as two or more races and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Breshears has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.
Questions
- How common is the surname Breshears?
- 2,745 people in the United States had the surname Breshears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,476 Americans. It ranked 11,469th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Breshears?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Breshears identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Breshears getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,613 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,745 in 2010, up 5.1%.