Explore the Family Name Breining

The meaning of Breining

1. German: variant of Breuning. Compare Brining. 2. Danish: habitational name from any of several places called Breining ‘place with bracken’.

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How common is the last name Breining in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Breining has seen a slight decrease in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 40,761 to 42,790, a change of -4.98%. Despite this drop in rank, the number of individuals carrying the Breining surname barely changed within that decade, rising by only 0.2% with a total count of 506 in 2010 up from 505 in 2000. The proportion per 100,000 people also decreased by 10.53%, dropping from 0.19 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,761	#42,790	-4.98%
Count	505	506	0.2%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Breining

Discussing the ethnicity tied to the Breining surname, data sourced from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the vast majority of those carrying the name were of White ethnicity. Between 2000 and 2010, individuals identifying as White dropped slightly by 1.81% but still represented 96.05% of those with the surname in 2010. Over the same period, there was an increase in the Hispanic representation among those with the Breining surname, growing by 15.97% to represent 1.38% of those with the surname in 2010. The census also showed a new addition of individuals identifying as two or more races by 2010. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.82%	96.05%	-1.81%
Two or More Races	0%	1.98%	0%
Hispanic	1.19%	1.38%	15.97%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%