Explore the Family Name Weinbrenner

The meaning of Weinbrenner

German: occupational name for a distiller of brandy, literally ‘wine burner’. The original function of the distiller, attested from the 8th century, seems to have been to extract alcohol for medicinal purposes from wine; the modern sense of someone who prepared spirituous liquor for drinking is first recorded in the 14th century. Compare Winebrenner.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Weinbrenner has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 78,035 in popularity and decreased to a rank of 86,314 in 2010, representing a decline of approximately 10.61%. The number of people carrying this surname also fell during this period, with a count of 228 in 2000 dropping by around 5.26% to a count of 216 in 2010. The proportion of Weinbrenners per 100,000 people similarly declined by about 12.5%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#78,035	#86,314	-10.61%
Count	228	216	-5.26%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Weinbrenner

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of people with the Weinbrenner surname identified as White, although there was a small decrease in this group, from 95.18% in 2000 to 93.06% in 2010. During the same period, those who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander increased from 3.07% to 3.70%, reflecting a rise of roughly 20.52%. However, no Weinbrenners identified as belonging to two or more races, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.18%	93.06%	-2.23%
Asian/Pacific Islander	3.07%	3.7%	20.52%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%