Explore the Family Name Bronder

The meaning of Bronder

Dutch and German: variant of Brander or Bronner.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

The surname Bronder, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, saw a decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked at 45,078 with a count of 448 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, the rank had dropped to 50,106 with only 418 individuals reported as having this surname. This represents an overall drop in popularity by 11.15% and a decrease in the count by 6.7%. The proportion per 100,000 individuals also fell by 17.65%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,078	#50,106	-11.15%
Count	448	418	-6.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.14	-17.65%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bronder

Regarding ethnicity, the Bronder surname is predominantly associated with individuals of white ethnic identity, although the percentage has slightly decreased over time. Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, in 2000, about 95.76% of those with the surname identified as white, however, this figure slightly dropped to 92.34% by 2010. Interestingly, there was an emergence of individuals with Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity using the surname Bronder by 2010, accounting for 1.20% of the total, up from zero in 2000. Similarly, the proportion of Hispanics bearing the Bronder surname increased significantly from 1.79% in 2000 to 5.02% in 2010, representing a change of 180.45%. Conversely, there was no reported Black individuals with this surname in 2010, down from 1.12% in 2000, while the percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Native remained constant at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.76%	92.34%	-3.57%
Hispanic	1.79%	5.02%	180.45%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.2%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.12%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%