How common is the surname Brewster?

19,564 people in the United States had the surname Brewster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,781 Americans. It ranked 1,830th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brewster?

Jordana Brewster, American actress, followed by Paget Brewster.

Where is the surname Brewster most common?

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

How do you pronounce Brewster?

Brewster is /ˈbɹustɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Brewster getting more or less common?

More common. 18,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,564 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Brewster

An occupational surname, carried by 19,564 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹustɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brewster is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation. An English and Scottish occupational surname for a brewer of ale.

Brewster 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 19,564 people named Brewster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,781 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,554.

#1,830

rank among US surnames

19,564

people in 2010

6.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,770)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,822	Marroquin	19,661	15,703
#1,823	Connors	19,637	15,723
#1,824	Trent	19,630	15,728
#1,825	Carmichael	19,628	15,730
#1,826	Toth	19,606	15,748
#1,827	Rushing	19,604	15,749
#1,828	Cody	19,600	15,752

Who is named Brewster

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

73% of people named Brewster identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brewsters

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jordana Brewster
American actress, born 1980
Paget Brewster
American actress, born 1969
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
British actress, born 1976
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, born 1986
June Brewster
American actress (1913-1995)
Dave East
American rapper, born 1988

Notable Brewsters come mostly from the United States (8) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brewster

Brister

Brewster has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Questions

How common is the surname Brewster?: 19,564 people in the United States had the surname Brewster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,781 Americans. It ranked 1,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brewster?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Brewster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brewster?: Jordana Brewster, American actress, followed by Paget Brewster.
Where is the surname Brewster most common?: Wikidata records people named Brewster in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Brewster?: Brewster is /ˈbɹustɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Brewster?: Brewster is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Brewster getting more or less common?: More common. 18,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,564 in 2010, up 5.4%.