# Brewster (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brewster/  
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. An English and Scottish occupational surname 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) | 19,564 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,830 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,781 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (18,554 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹustɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brewster 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brewster in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Brewster

- Jordana Brewster, American actress
- Paget Brewster, American actress
- Sharon Duncan-Brewster, British actress
- William Brewster, American ornithologist (1851–1919)
- Diane Brewster, American actress (1931-1991)
- Benjamin H. Brewster, American politician (1816-1888)
- Ralph Owen Brewster, American politician (1888–1961)
- Anna Brewster, British actress
- June Brewster, American actress (1913-1995)
- Dave East, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Brister, Bright, Burkett, Braxton, Broughton, Brackett, Barksdale, Bergstrom, Burchett, Bristol, Bristow, Berkowitz.

## 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.