Explore the Family Name Brunken

The meaning of Brunken

1. North German: patronymic from Brunke 2. 2. German: habitational name from any of the places called Brunken, in Brandenburg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Some characteristic forenames: German Manfred.

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

The surname "Brunken" experienced a slight downturn in popularity according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In the year 2000, it ranked as the 40,690th most common surname but fell slightly to the 42,030th position by 2010, a change of -3.29%. However, the number of individuals with this surname actually increased from 506 people in 2000 to 517 in 2010, an increase of 2.17%. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a small decrease from 0.19 to 0.18.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,690	#42,030	-3.29%
Count	506	517	2.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.18	-5.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brunken

From an ethnicity perspective, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census suggests that the Brunken surname is predominantly associated with individuals who identify as White, although there was a minor decrease in this group from 94.47% in 2000 to 92.46% in 2010. There were also increases in the number of Brunken individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying as belonging to two or more races, with changes of 1.16% and 81.88% respectively. Those identifying as Hispanic also saw a significant increase from 1.98% in 2000 to 3.29% in 2010. The surname did not appear amongst Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations during either census period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.47%	92.46%	-2.13%
Hispanic	1.98%	3.29%	66.16%
Two or More Races	1.38%	2.51%	81.88%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.16%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.99%	0%	0%