How common is the surname Brouwer?

2,870 people in the United States had the surname Brouwer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,577 Americans. It ranked 11,069th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brouwer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brouwer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Brouwer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,870 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Brouwer

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,870 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brouwer is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

A surname from Dutch.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,870 people named Brouwer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,577 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,518.

#11,069

rank among US surnames

2,870

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+14%

change since 2000 (was #11,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,061	Cartier	2,873	107,465
#11,062	Gilmartin	2,872	107,502
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577
#11,073	Kappel	2,869	107,614
#11,076	Kiely	2,868	107,652

Who is named Brouwer

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

95% of people named Brouwer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brouwer

Brouwer has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brouwer come from?: Brouwer is Dutch in origin.
How common is the surname Brouwer?: 2,870 people in the United States had the surname Brouwer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,577 Americans. It ranked 11,069th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brouwer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brouwer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Brouwer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,870 in 2010, up 14%.