How common is the surname Bruening?

1,958 people in the United States had the surname Bruening in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. It ranked 15,066th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bruening?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bruening identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bruening?

Justin Bruening, American actor and former fashion model.

Where is the surname Bruening most common?

Wikidata records people named Bruening in the United States.

Is the surname Bruening getting more or less common?

More common. 1,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,958 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Bruening

A surname, carried by 1,958 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruening is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

North/Low German surname, variant of Bruning.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,958 people named Bruening in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,737.

#15,066

rank among US surnames

1,958

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+12.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,473)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,060	Bien	1,960	157,523
#15,063	Yohn	1,959	157,604
#15,066	Mitra	1,958	157,684
#15,074	Bolds	1,957	157,765

Who is named Bruening

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

96% of people named Bruening identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bruenings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Justin Bruening
American actor and former fashion model, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bruening

Bruening has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

Questions

Where does the surname Bruening come from?: North/Low German surname, variant of Bruning.
How common is the surname Bruening?: 1,958 people in the United States had the surname Bruening in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. It ranked 15,066th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bruening?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bruening identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bruening?: Justin Bruening, American actor and former fashion model.
Where is the surname Bruening most common?: Wikidata records people named Bruening in the United States.
Is the surname Bruening getting more or less common?: More common. 1,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,958 in 2010, up 13%.