Explore the Family Name Brumit

The meaning of Brumit

English: variant of Brumitt.

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

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

The surname Brumit saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Brumit was ranked as the 27,235th most common surname and by 2010, it fell to the 28,809th position, marking a change of -5.78%. The count of individuals with this surname also saw a decline during this time period from 835 to 826, representing a -1.08% shift. Likewise, the proportion of this surname per 100k population decreased by -9.68%, from 0.31 in 2000 to 0.28 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,235	#28,809	-5.78%
Count	835	826	-1.08%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.28	-9.68%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brumit

In terms of ethnicity, the majority of individuals with the Brumit surname identified as White, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The percentage of those identifying as White was 95.45% in 2000 but decreased slightly to 94.31% in 2010, displaying a -1.19% change. Those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native made up 1.32% in 2000 and fell to 1.21% in 2010, marking an -8.33% shift. Meanwhile, there was a small percentage that identified themselves as belonging to two or more races, which went down from 2.16% in 2000 to 1.82% in 2010, a decrease of -15.74%. Notably, there was no representation of Asian/Pacific Islander or Black ethnic identities recorded for this surname in either year, while the Hispanic representation was noted at 1.33% in 2010, not having been recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.45%	94.31%	-1.19%
Two or More Races	2.16%	1.82%	-15.74%
Hispanic	0%	1.33%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.32%	1.21%	-8.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%