Explore the Family Name Brinegar

The meaning of Brinegar

Americanized form of German Breuninger, itself a variant of Breuning. History: The Brinegars trace their origin to Veith Br(e)uninger, a son of Hans Jacob Breuning, who came to North America from Germany in 1730s.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Brinegar experienced slight changes in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 13,119th and moved to 13,497th by 2010, indicating a decrease of roughly 2.88%. However, the actual count of individuals with this last name increased by about 5.29% from 2,137 in 2000 to 2,250 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a minor decline of about 3.8%, moving from 0.79 to 0.76.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,119	#13,497	-2.88%
Count	2,137	2,250	5.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.79	0.76	-3.8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brinegar

When looking at the ethnicity breakdown for the surname Brinegar, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, some shifts were observed as well between 2000 and 2010. People identifying as white decreased from 97.01% to 95.38%, a drop of roughly 1.68%. Those claiming Hispanic ethnicity rose by 48.00%, from 1.50% to 2.22%. Individuals recognized as American Indian and Alaskan Native also increased slightly from 0.61% to 0.71%, a growth of approximately 16.39%. Meanwhile, the percentages of those identifying as Black and Asian/Pacific Islander were previously suppressed in 2000 but showed up as 0.27% and 0.31% respectively in 2010. Lastly, there was a significant increase of individuals identifying with two or more races, showing a rise of 98.21%, jumping from 0.56% to 1.11%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.01%	95.38%	-1.68%
Hispanic	1.5%	2.22%	48%
Two or More Races	0.56%	1.11%	98.21%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.61%	0.71%	16.39%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.31%	0%
Black	0%	0.27%	0%