How common is the surname Brewer?

103,318 people in the United States had the surname Brewer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,988 Americans. It ranked 303rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brewer?

Madeline Brewer, American actress, followed by Corey Brewer.

Where is the surname Brewer most common?

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

Is the surname Brewer getting more or less common?

More common. 100,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 103,318 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Brewer

An occupational surname, carried by 103,318 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). Brewer is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

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

Brewer 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 103,318 people named Brewer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,988 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 100,465.

#303

rank among US surnames

103,318

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #274)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#294	Day	105,091	2,938
#295	Walsh	105,079	2,938
#296	Bowman	105,007	2,940
#297	Schultz	104,888	2,944
#298	Luna	104,518	2,954
#299	Fowler	104,515	2,954
#300	Mejia	104,057	2,967

Who is named Brewer

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

81% of people named Brewer identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brewers

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Madeline Brewer
American actress, born 1992
Corey Brewer
American basketball player (born 1986)
Teresa Brewer
American pop singer (1931-2007)
Jamie Brewer
American actress, born 1985
Albert Brewer
47th Governor of Alabama (1928-2017)
Ronnie Brewer
American basketball player, born 1985
Jim Brewer
American basketball player (born 1951)
Ashleigh Brewer
Australian actress, born 1990
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)

Notable Brewers come mostly from the United States (14) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Brewer

Brewer 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 Brewer?: 103,318 people in the United States had the surname Brewer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,988 Americans. It ranked 303rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brewer?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Brewer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brewer?: Madeline Brewer, American actress, followed by Corey Brewer.
Where is the surname Brewer most common?: Wikidata records people named Brewer in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Brewer?: Brewer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Brewer getting more or less common?: More common. 100,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 103,318 in 2010, up 2.8%.