How common is the surname Bruckner?

2,666 people in the United States had the surname Bruckner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,809 Americans. It ranked 11,751st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bruckner?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bruckner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bruckner?

Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (1824-1896), followed by Agnes Bruckner.

Where is the surname Bruckner most common?

Wikidata records people named Bruckner in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Bruckner getting more or less common?

More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,666 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Bruckner

A German occupational surname, carried by 2,666 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruckner is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Bruckner is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 2,666 people named Bruckner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,809 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,636.

#11,751

rank among US surnames

2,666

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,060)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,743	Manzi	2,668	115,722
#11,746	Zoller	2,667	115,765
#11,751	Bruckner	2,666	115,809
#11,753	Balog	2,665	115,852
#11,759	Frahm	2,664	115,895

Who is named Bruckner

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

94% of people named Bruckner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bruckners

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer (1824-1896)
Agnes Bruckner
American actress, born 1985
Amy Bruckner
American actress and singer, born 1991
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)

Notable Bruckners come mostly from the United States (2), Cisleithania (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bruckner

Bruckner has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bruckner come from?: Borrowed from German Bruckner is likely to be an occupational surname; Brücke - bridge.
How common is the surname Bruckner?: 2,666 people in the United States had the surname Bruckner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,809 Americans. It ranked 11,751st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bruckner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bruckner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bruckner?: Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (1824-1896), followed by Agnes Bruckner.
Where is the surname Bruckner most common?: Wikidata records people named Bruckner in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria and 3 other countries.
What type of surname is Bruckner?: Bruckner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Bruckner getting more or less common?: More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,666 in 2010, up 1.1%.