How common is the last name Brewer?

98,650 people in the United States have the last name Brewer, about 1 in 3,030. It ranks #313 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BREWER

#313

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
98,650
About
1 in 3,030
This common or more
27%
Who bears it

Of the 98,650 people with the last name Brewer, 78.1% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Brewer

#311 Schultz · 99,932#312 Fowler · 99,260#314 Huang · 98,330#315 Juarez · 97,719

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brewer, most common first.

#2,457 Brower · 14,338#7,820 Breuer · 4,068#21,277 Breyer · 1,254#24,474 Breier · 1,065#47,351 Breer · 483#78,145 Brawer · 264#145,757 Bruewer · 115

Also a first name

As a first name, Brewer ranks #17,722 of 53,615, with 617 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 319 births. See Brewer as a first name

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