How common is the surname Bromberg?

1,953 people in the United States had the surname Bromberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. It ranked 15,104th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bromberg?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bromberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bromberg?

J. Edward Bromberg, American actor (1903-1951), followed by David Bromberg.

Where is the surname Bromberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Bromberg in the United States.

Is the surname Bromberg getting more or less common?

More common. 1,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,953 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Bromberg

A surname, carried by 1,953 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bromberg is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,953 people named Bromberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,804.

#15,104

rank among US surnames

1,953

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,024)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,099	Schaible	1,954	158,007
#15,104	Quispe	1,953	158,088

Who is named Bromberg

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

96% of people named Bromberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brombergs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

J. Edward Bromberg
American actor (1903-1951)
David Bromberg
American musician, born 1945

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Surnames that sound like Bromberg

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Bromberg has the Soundex code B651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B651.

Questions

How common is the surname Bromberg?: 1,953 people in the United States had the surname Bromberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,088 Americans. It ranked 15,104th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bromberg?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bromberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bromberg?: J. Edward Bromberg, American actor (1903-1951), followed by David Bromberg.
Where is the surname Bromberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Bromberg in the United States.
Is the surname Bromberg getting more or less common?: More common. 1,804 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,953 in 2010, up 8.3%.