# Brewer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brewer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation for a brewer of ale.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 103,318 |
| US rank (2010) | 303 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,988 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (100,465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brewer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brewer in the United States and Australia.

## People named Brewer

- Madeline Brewer, American actress
- Corey Brewer, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Teresa Brewer, American pop singer (1931-2007)
- Jamie Brewer, American actress
- Albert Brewer, 47th Governor of Alabama (1928-2017)
- Ronnie Brewer, American basketball player
- Jim Brewer, American basketball player (born 1951)
- Ashleigh Brewer, Australian actress
- William Henry Brewer, American botanist (1828-1910)
- Ron Brewer, American basketball player (born 1955)
- Thomas Mayo Brewer, American naturalist (1814-1880)
- Jamison Brewer, American basketball player (born 1980)

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Brower, Brouwer, Brauer, Breuer, Brier, Bryer, Borer, Breyer, Briere, Bearer, Barrera, Borrero.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.