Explore the Family Name Brumleve

The meaning of Brumleve

North German (Brümleve): probably a nickname meaning ‘roaring lion’, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of a roaring lion, from an altered form of Middle Low German brüllen ‘to roar’ + leve ‘lion’. The surname Brümleve is very rare in Germany. Compare Bruemleve. History: Five Brümleve brothers came to North America from Lengerich, near Lingen, Emsland, Germany in 1846–51. Two of them settled in Teutopolis, IL, and three in Louisville, KY. Other members of the family, also from Emsland, settled in St. Louis, and spelled their surname as Bruemleve.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Brumleve has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 61,544th in popularity with 305 people bearing this surname accounting for 0.11 per 100k of the population. By 2010, it climbed to the 60,505th position with an increased count of 333, still maintaining the same proportion of 0.11 per 100k.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,544	#60,505	1.69%
Count	305	333	9.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brumleve

When discussing the ethnic identity associated with the surname Brumleve according to the Decennial U.S. Census, it's overwhelmingly white. In 2000, 99.02% of individuals with this surname identified as white, and this number slightly decreased to 98.20% in 2010. The data shows no representation among Asian/Pacific Islanders, those identifying as two or more races, Hispanics, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Natives during both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99.02%	98.2%	-0.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%