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    The surname Bruner

    A surname, carried by 15,898 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Bruner: #2,292 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Bruner #2,292, 15,898 people Bruner: #2,292 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bruner #2,292, 15,898 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruner is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,898 people named Bruner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,420 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,404.

    #2,292
    rank among US surnames
    15,898
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,163)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,283Nickerson15,97019,333
    #2,284Sorenson15,96219,343
    #2,285Rowell15,95219,355
    #2,286Coats15,94319,366
    #2,287Yoon15,93619,374
    #2,288Mast15,93219,379
    #2,289Espinal15,92419,389

    Who is named Bruner

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

    85% of people named Bruner identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bruners

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jerome Bruner
      American psychologist and scholar, 1915–2016
    • Mike Bruner
      American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1956
    • Thundercat
      American musician and singer-songwriter (born 1984)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bruner

    Bruner 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 Bruner?
    15,898 people in the United States had the surname Bruner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,420 Americans. It ranked 2,292nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bruner?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Bruner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bruner?
    Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and scholar, followed by Mike Bruner.
    Where is the surname Bruner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bruner in the United States.
    Is the surname Bruner getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,898 in 2010, up 3.2%.