How common is the surname Brubaker?

12,218 people in the United States had the surname Brubaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,270 Americans. It ranked 2,934th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brubaker?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brubaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brubaker?

Ed Brubaker, American comic book writer and cartoonist, followed by Rogers Brubaker.

Where is the surname Brubaker most common?

Wikidata records people named Brubaker in the United States.

Is the surname Brubaker getting more or less common?

More common. 11,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,218 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Brubaker

A surname, carried by 12,218 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brubaker is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,218 people named Brubaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,270 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,588.

#2,934

rank among US surnames

12,218

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,836)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,925	Scarborough	12,252	25,200
#2,926	Dewey	12,249	25,206
#2,927	Alfonso	12,246	25,212
#2,928	Duggan	12,237	25,230
#2,929	Nadeau	12,236	25,233
#2,930	Churchill	12,235	25,235
#2,931	Loya	12,232	25,241

Who is named Brubaker

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

96% of people named Brubaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brubakers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ed Brubaker
American comic book writer and cartoonist, born 1966
Rogers Brubaker
American sociologist, born 1956
Robert Brubaker
American actor (1916-2010)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brubaker

Burbage

Brubaker has the Soundex code B612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B612.

Questions

How common is the surname Brubaker?: 12,218 people in the United States had the surname Brubaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,270 Americans. It ranked 2,934th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brubaker?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brubaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brubaker?: Ed Brubaker, American comic book writer and cartoonist, followed by Rogers Brubaker.
Where is the surname Brubaker most common?: Wikidata records people named Brubaker in the United States.
Is the surname Brubaker getting more or less common?: More common. 11,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,218 in 2010, up 5.4%.