How common is the last name Bruce?

50,879 people in the United States have the last name Bruce, about 1 in 5,875. It ranks #652 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BRUCE

#652

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
50,879
About
1 in 5,875
This common or more
34.9%
Who bears it

Of the 50,879 people with the last name Bruce, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 15.7% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bruce

#650 Richard · 51,000#651 Christian · 50,934#653 Villa · 50,813#654 Zavala · 50,789

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,230 Brice · 10,893#6,845 Brace · 4,729#6,902 Bryce · 4,689#12,821 Bruck · 2,293#15,535 Bruch · 1,813#39,043 Broce · 609#58,578 Bruse · 374#149,446 Brucke · 110

Also a first name

As a first name, Bruce ranks #201 of 53,615, with 267,817 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1956, with 14,693 births. See Bruce as a first name

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