How common is the surname Bruch?

1,975 people in the United States had the surname Bruch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. It ranked 14,970th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bruch?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bruch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bruch getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,975 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Bruch

A German surname, carried by 1,975 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). Bruch is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Bruch.

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 1,975 people named Bruch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,992.

#14,970

rank among US surnames

1,975

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,965	Smathers	1,976	156,248
#14,970	Hagopian	1,975	156,327
#14,976	Charland	1,974	156,406
#14,979	Traore	1,973	156,485

Who is named Bruch

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

94% of people named Bruch identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bruch

Bruch 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 Bruch come from?: Borrowed from German Bruch.
How common is the surname Bruch?: 1,975 people in the United States had the surname Bruch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,327 Americans. It ranked 14,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bruch?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bruch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bruch getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,992 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,975 in 2010, down 0.9%.