How common is the surname Bresnahan?

3,646 people in the United States had the surname Bresnahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,681 Americans. It ranked 8,975th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bresnahan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bresnahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bresnahan?

Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and coach (1879–1944), followed by Rob Bresnahan.

Where is the surname Bresnahan most common?

Wikidata records people named Bresnahan in the United States.

Is the surname Bresnahan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,646 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Bresnahan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,646 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bresnahan is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brosnacháin (“descendant of Brosnachán”), a personal name derived from Brosna, the name of a town and a river in County Kerry.

Bresnahan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,646 people named Bresnahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,681 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,523.

#8,975

rank among US surnames

3,646

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,599)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,968	Markus	3,649	84,611
#8,969	Spindler	3,648	84,634
#8,971	Harshman	3,647	84,657
#8,975	Bresnahan	3,646	84,681
#8,977	Chandra	3,645	84,704
#8,980	Hartin	3,644	84,727

Who is named Bresnahan

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

95% of people named Bresnahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bresnahans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roger Bresnahan
American baseball player and coach (1879–1944)
Rob Bresnahan
American politician, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Brosnan

Surnames that sound like Bresnahan

Brosnan

Bresnahan has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bresnahan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brosnacháin (“descendant of Brosnachán”), a personal name derived from Brosna, the name of a town and a river in County Kerry.
How common is the surname Bresnahan?: 3,646 people in the United States had the surname Bresnahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,681 Americans. It ranked 8,975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bresnahan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bresnahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bresnahan?: Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and coach (1879–1944), followed by Rob Bresnahan.
Where is the surname Bresnahan most common?: Wikidata records people named Bresnahan in the United States.
What type of surname is Bresnahan?: Bresnahan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Bresnahan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,646 in 2010, up 3.5%.
What are other spellings of Bresnahan?: Brosnan.