Explore the Family Name Brustad

The meaning of Brustad

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from an uncertain first element or, in some cases, bru ‘bridge’, + stad (from Old Norse stathr ‘farmstead, dwelling’).

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Brustad experienced a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Brustad ranked 58,849th in popularity out of all surnames in the United States. However, by 2010, it had dropped to the 66,164th position, marking a 12.43% decline in its ranking. As for the number of people with the Brustad surname, it decreased from 322 individuals in 2000 to 299 in 2010, a 7.14% drop. The proportion of the surname per 100,000 people also saw a decrease, from 0.12 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#58,849	#66,164	-12.43%
Count	322	299	-7.14%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.1	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Brustad

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of people with the Brustad surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease over the decade, from 95.65% to 94.31%. There was a small representation of Hispanic identity among Brustads, which decreased slightly from 2.17% in 2000 to 2.01% in 2010. Interestingly, the category of "Two or more races" appeared in the 2010 data, with 2.34% of Brustads identifying as such. No Brustads identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, according to the available data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.65%	94.31%	-1.4%
Two or More Races	0%	2.34%	0%
Hispanic	2.17%	2.01%	-7.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%