How common is the surname Bruhn?

2,828 people in the United States had the surname Bruhn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,175 Americans. It ranked 11,183rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bruhn?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bruhn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bruhn getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,828 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Bruhn

A surname, carried by 2,828 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruhn is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,828 people named Bruhn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,175 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,966.

#11,183

rank among US surnames

2,828

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,025)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097
#11,179	Lucey	2,829	109,136
#11,183	Bruhn	2,828	109,175
#11,185	Olague	2,827	109,213
#11,189	Linde	2,826	109,252

Who is named Bruhn

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

93% of people named Bruhn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bruhn

Bruhn 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 Bruhn?: 2,828 people in the United States had the surname Bruhn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,175 Americans. It ranked 11,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bruhn?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bruhn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bruhn getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,966 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,828 in 2010, down 4.7%.