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    The surname Brew

    An occupational surname, carried by 2,010 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B600

    Brew: #14,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brew #14,775, 2,010 people Brew: #14,775 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brew #14,775, 2,010 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brew is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Brugha (“descendant of the farmer”), from brughaire (“farmer”), from brugh (“land”) + -aire. * As a Manx surname, Anglicized from MacVriw, from breitheamh (“deemster”); see Brain. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, Americanized from Breu, Breuer.

    Brew is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,010 people named Brew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. That is down 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,088.

    #14,775
    rank among US surnames
    2,010
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,382)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,768Ban2,011153,528
    #14,775Secrist2,010153,605
    #14,781Bibi2,009153,681
    #14,783Gilyard2,008153,758

    Who is named Brew

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

    72% of people named Brew identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brews

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Derrick Brew
      American athletics competitor, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brew

    Brew has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brew come from?
    * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Brugha (“descendant of the farmer”), from brughaire (“farmer”), from brugh (“land”) + -aire. * As a Manx surname, Anglicized from MacVriw, from breitheamh (“deemster”); see Brain. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, Americanized from Breu, Breuer.
    How common is the surname Brew?
    2,010 people in the United States had the surname Brew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. It ranked 14,775th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brew?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Brew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brew?
    Derrick Brew, American athletics competitor.
    Where is the surname Brew most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brew in the United States.
    What type of surname is Brew?
    Brew is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Brew getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,010 in 2010, down 3.7%.