Explore the Family Name Brensinger

The meaning of Brensinger

German (Rhineland): habitational name for someone from a place near Waldbröl called Brenzingen. This form of the surname is very rare in Germany; in North America it may thus also be an altered form of the much more common variant Brenzinger.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Brensinger experienced a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 43,629th most popular surname, but had dropped to 45,569th by 2010, a decrease of 4.45%. Despite this, the number of individuals bearing the surname actually increased marginally from 466 in 2000 to 469 in 2010, indicating a growth rate of 0.64%. However, when comparing the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000, there was a decrease from 0.17 to 0.16, a change of -5.88%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,629	#45,569	-4.45%
Count	466	469	0.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.16	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brensinger

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that majority of individuals with the surname Brensinger identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease from 97.42% to 96.38%. There were no recorded instances of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. The ethnicity data does show a notable increase in individuals identifying as Hispanic, jumping from 1.07% in 2000 to 2.13% in 2010, a significant increase of 99.07%. For those identifying with two or more races, the data was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.42%	96.38%	-1.07%
Hispanic	1.07%	2.13%	99.07%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%