# Bruckner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bruckner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German. Widely known as the surname of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,666 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,751 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 115,809 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (2,636 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Bruckner is likely to be an occupational surname; Brücke - bridge.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bruckner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bruckner in the United States, Cisleithania, Austria, Australia, Germany and the Russian Empire.

## People named Bruckner

- Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (1824-1896)
- Agnes Bruckner, American actress
- Amy Bruckner, American actress and singer
- Ferdinand Bruckner, Austrian-German writer and theatre manager (1891-1958)
- Karl Bruckner, Austrian writer (1906–1982)
- Eduard Brückner, Austrian geographer (1862–1927)
- Alexander Brückner, Baltic German historian (1834-1896)

## Similar surnames

Brickner, Bracken, Brackin, Brockmeyer, Brackney, Brackenbury, Barragan, Bryson, Bergman, Brockman, Briseno, Brogan.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.