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    The surname Brugger

    A surname, carried by 2,405 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B626

    Brugger: #12,821 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brugger #12,821, 2,405 people Brugger: #12,821 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brugger #12,821, 2,405 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brugger is more common than 92.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,405 people named Brugger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,377 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,218.

    #12,821
    rank among US surnames
    2,405
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,767)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,812Benard2,407128,270
    #12,817Carew2,406128,323
    #12,821Brugger2,405128,377
    #12,825Grays2,404128,430
    #12,827Tercero2,403128,483
    #12,830Yale2,402128,537

    Who is named Brugger

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

    95% of people named Brugger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brugger

    Brugger has the Soundex code B626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Brugger?
    2,405 people in the United States had the surname Brugger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,377 Americans. It ranked 12,821st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brugger?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brugger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brugger getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,218 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,405 in 2010, up 8.4%.