How common is the surname Bross?

2,385 people in the United States had the surname Bross in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,453 Americans. It ranked 12,894th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bross?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bross identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bross?

Rebecca Bross, American gymnast.

Where is the surname Bross most common?

Wikidata records people named Bross in the United States.

Is the surname Bross getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,385 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Bross

A German surname, carried by 2,385 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bross is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

From a shortened form of the Latin given name Ambrosius, or from Middle High German brossen (“to sprout, bud”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,385 people named Bross in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,453 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,486.

#12,894

rank among US surnames

2,385

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,587)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,886	Winfree	2,387	129,345
#12,889	Emrick	2,386	129,399
#12,894	Bross	2,385	129,453
#12,897	Dedrick	2,384	129,507
#12,900	Jacobus	2,383	129,562

Who is named Bross

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

92% of people named Bross identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brosss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rebecca Bross
American gymnast, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bross

Bross has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bross come from?: From a shortened form of the Latin given name Ambrosius, or from Middle High German brossen (“to sprout, bud”).
How common is the surname Bross?: 2,385 people in the United States had the surname Bross in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,453 Americans. It ranked 12,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bross?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Bross identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bross?: Rebecca Bross, American gymnast.
Where is the surname Bross most common?: Wikidata records people named Bross in the United States.
Is the surname Bross getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,385 in 2010, down 4.1%.