Explore the Family Name Brueck

The meaning of Brueck

German (Brück): see Bruck. Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz, Hermann.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Brueck has seen a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked the 37,094th most common surname, but by 2010 it had moved up to the 36,788th spot, showing a change of 0.82 percent. The number of people with the Brueck surname also increased by 7.24 percent during this decade, from 566 individuals in 2000 to 607 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100,000 people remained steady at 0.21, indicating that the growth was relative to the overall population size.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,094	#36,788	0.82%
Count	566	607	7.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.21	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brueck

The ethnicity associated with the surname Brueck has also seen some shifts between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While individuals identifying as White made up the majority of those with the Brueck surname in both years, there was a decrease from 98.23 percent in 2000 to 96.54 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic nearly doubled, from 1.06 percent in 2000 to 1.98 percent in 2010. Notably, the 2010 census also marked the first time that individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander heritage were represented within the Brueck surname count, while the percentages for those identifying as Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or belonging to two or more races remained at zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.23%	96.54%	-1.72%
Hispanic	1.06%	1.98%	86.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.82%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%