How common is the surname Breuer?

4,138 people in the United States had the surname Breuer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,612 Americans. It ranked 7,992nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Breuer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Breuer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Breuer?

Josef Breuer, Austrian physician (1842-1925), followed by Jim Breuer.

Where is the surname Breuer most common?

Wikidata records people named Breuer in the United States, Austria and Cisleithania.

Is the surname Breuer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,138 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Breuer

A surname, carried by 4,138 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Breuer is more common than 95.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,138 people named Breuer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,612 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,184.

#7,992

rank among US surnames

4,138

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+30%

change since 2000 (was #9,384)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,983	Murguia	4,141	74,558
#7,987	Kittrell	4,140	74,576
#7,988	Norfleet	4,139	74,594
#7,992	Haws	4,138	74,612
#7,995	Willman	4,137	74,630
#7,997	McAnally	4,136	74,648

Who is named Breuer

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

94% of people named Breuer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Breuers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josef Breuer
Austrian physician (1842-1925)
Jim Breuer
American actor and comedian, born 1967
Siegfried Breuer
Austrian actor (1906-1954)
Randy Breuer
American basketball player (born 1960)
Lee Breuer
American theatre director (1937–2021)
Jacques Breuer
Austrian actor and film director (1956–2024)
Miles J. Breuer
American physician and science fiction writer, 1889–1945

Notable Breuers come mostly from the United States (4), Austria (2) and Cisleithania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Breuer

Breuer has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

Questions

How common is the surname Breuer?: 4,138 people in the United States had the surname Breuer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,612 Americans. It ranked 7,992nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Breuer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Breuer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Breuer?: Josef Breuer, Austrian physician (1842-1925), followed by Jim Breuer.
Where is the surname Breuer most common?: Wikidata records people named Breuer in the United States, Austria and Cisleithania.
Is the surname Breuer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,138 in 2010, up 30%.