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    The surname Brower

    A surname, carried by 14,950 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B660

    Brower: #2,423 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Brower #2,423, 14,950 people Brower: #2,423 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brower #2,423, 14,950 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brower is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,950 people named Brower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,652 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,930.

    #2,423
    rank among US surnames
    14,950
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,232)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,414Ruth15,01220,567
    #2,415Starkey15,00420,578
    #2,416Lind14,99020,597
    #2,417Waggoner14,98320,606
    #2,418Gannon14,98120,609
    #2,419Meek14,97020,624
    #2,420Puente14,96620,630

    Who is named Brower

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

    86% of people named Brower identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Browers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Brower
      American environmentalist (1912-2000)
    • Russell Brower
      American video game composer, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Brower

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brower?
    14,950 people in the United States had the surname Brower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,652 Americans. It ranked 2,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brower?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Brower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brower?
    David Brower, American environmentalist (1912-2000), followed by Russell Brower.
    Where is the surname Brower most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brower in the United States.
    Is the surname Brower getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,950 in 2010, up 0.1%.