Explore the Family Name De Bruin

The meaning of De Bruin

Dutch: variant, with the definite article de ‘the’, of Bruin ‘brown’, a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion. Some characteristic forenames: Dutch Maarten, Gerrit, Hendrik, Annick, Cornelis, Marinus.

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How common is the last name De Bruin in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname De Bruin maintained a consistent level of popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, De Bruin was ranked the 17,577th most popular surname and moved up slightly to the 17,565th position in 2010, indicating a rise of 0.07 percent. The number of individuals with this surname also increased from 1,475 in 2000 to 1,601 in 2010, showing an 8.54 percent growth. However, the proportion per 100,000 people fell slightly by 1.82 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,577	#17,565	0.07%
Count	1,475	1,601	8.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.55	0.54	-1.82%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name De Bruin

The ethnicity associated with the De Bruin surname has seen minor fluctuations over the same decade, as gleaned from the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, the vast majority of De Bruin's were identified as White (97.29 percent), followed by Hispanic (1.22 percent), and the surname showed a small association with individuals of two or more ethnicities (0.95 percent). By 2010, there was a slight decrease in the percentage of Whites to 96.13 percent and a considerable increase in Hispanics to 2.25 percent, marking a growth rate of 84.43 percent. Additionally, for the first time in 2010, there was a record of the De Bruin surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander community, albeit at a low rate of 0.69 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.29%	96.13%	-1.19%
Hispanic	1.22%	2.25%	84.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.69%	0%
Two or More Races	0.95%	0.69%	-27.37%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%