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    The surname Bruen

    A surname, carried by 1,105 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B650

    Bruen: #23,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bruen #23,100, 1,105 people Bruen: #23,100 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bruen #23,100, 1,105 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruen is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,105 people named Bruen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,029.

    #23,100
    rank among US surnames
    1,105
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #23,152)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #23,096Lade1,106279,155
    #23,100Huckabay1,105279,408

    Who is named Bruen

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

    87% of people named Bruen identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    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 Bruen

    Bruen has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bruen?
    1,105 people in the United States had the surname Bruen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. It ranked 23,100th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bruen?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Bruen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Bruen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,029 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,105 in 2010, up 7.4%.