How common is the surname Brummer?

2,761 people in the United States had the surname Brummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,824 Americans. It ranked 11,414th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brummer?

Joseph Brummer, art dealer and collector, sculptor (1883-1947).

Where is the surname Brummer most common?

Wikidata records people named Brummer in the United States.

Is the surname Brummer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,761 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Brummer

A surname, carried by 2,761 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brummer is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,761 people named Brummer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,824 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,365.

#11,414

rank among US surnames

2,761

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+16.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,100)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,408	Courter	2,764	111,702
#11,409	Hage	2,763	111,743
#11,411	Hallberg	2,762	111,783
#11,414	Brummer	2,761	111,824
#11,415	Schober	2,760	111,864
#11,420	Polzin	2,759	111,905
#11,423	Greig	2,758	111,945

Who is named Brummer

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

95% of people named Brummer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brummers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph Brummer
Art dealer and collector, sculptor (1883-1947)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brummer

Brummer has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

Questions

How common is the surname Brummer?: 2,761 people in the United States had the surname Brummer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,824 Americans. It ranked 11,414th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brummer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brummer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brummer?: Joseph Brummer, art dealer and collector, sculptor (1883-1947).
Where is the surname Brummer most common?: Wikidata records people named Brummer in the United States.
Is the surname Brummer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,365 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,761 in 2010, up 17%.