Explore the Family Name Brena

The meaning of Brena

1. Italian (Lombardy, in province of Bergamo): variant of Brenna. 2. Norwegian: variant of Brenna.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Brena has significantly increased between 2000 and 2010. In this time frame, the rank of the surname improved from 50,178 to 42,858, showing an upward trend by 14.59 percent. Similarly, the count or number of people carrying the Brena surname also rose from 392 to 505, marking a growth of 28.83 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people with the Brena surname per 100,000 individuals in the U.S. population also increased from 0.15 to 0.17, progressing by 13.33 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,178	#42,858	14.59%
Count	392	505	28.83%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.17	13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brena

Regarding the ethnicity associated with the Brena surname as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, there were notable changes between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased from 1.53 to 0.99, a decline of 35.29 percent. Moreover, the percentage of White individuals dropped from 23.21 to 12.87, a significant decrease of 44.55 percent. On the contrary, the proportion of Hispanic individuals increased from 73.98 to 85.15, marking a growth of 15.10 percent. Additionally, there was a new appearance of Black individuals in 2010, which was not recorded in 2000. However, there was no change in the percentage of individuals who identify as Two or more races or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	73.98%	85.15%	15.1%
White	23.21%	12.87%	-44.55%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.53%	0.99%	-35.29%
Black	0%	0.99%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%