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    The surname Brimmer

    A surname, carried by 2,212 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Brimmer: #13,690 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brimmer #13,690, 2,212 people Brimmer: #13,690 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brimmer #13,690, 2,212 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brimmer is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,212 people named Brimmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,578 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,179.

    #13,690
    rank among US surnames
    2,212
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,929)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,682Kirchoff2,213139,514
    #13,690Mani2,212139,578
    #13,696Hanlin2,211139,641

    Who is named Brimmer

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

    74% of people named Brimmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brimmer

    Brimmer has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brimmer?
    2,212 people in the United States had the surname Brimmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,578 Americans. It ranked 13,690th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brimmer?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Brimmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Brimmer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,179 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,212 in 2010, up 1.5%.