Explore the Family Name Brumby

The meaning of Brumby

1. English (Lincolnshire): habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire named Brumby, from the Old Norse personal name Brúni or from Old Norse brunnr ‘well’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’. 2. German: habitational name from any of several paces so named in the Elbe-Saale area.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Brumby has seen a slight increase from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Brumby was ranked as the 54,020th most popular surname in the United States, with a count of 358 individuals carrying this name. This accounted for approximately 0.13 out of every 100,000 people in the country. By the year 2010, the rank had slightly increased to 53,913, with 383 individuals recorded with this surname, again accounting for roughly 0.13 out of every 100,000 people.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#54,020	#53,913	0.2%
Count	358	383	6.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.13	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brumby

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some changes in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Brumby between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as white, making up 76.26% in 2000 and decreasing slightly to 71.80% by 2010. Those identifying as Black made up 21.51% in 2000 with a marked increase to 25.85% by 2010. There were no recorded instances of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Hispanic in either year. Interestingly, by 2010 there was a small percentage (1.57%) of individuals identifying with two or more races, which was not present in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	76.26%	71.8%	-5.85%
Black	21.51%	25.85%	20.18%
Two or More Races	0%	1.57%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%