Brewster

Brewster is the 1,867th most common surname in the United States, shared by 18,855 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 15,900.

By the numbers

People: 18,855
Rank: 1,867th
How common: 1 in 15,900
Per 100,000: 6.3

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Brewster described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 68.9%
Black, not Hispanic 20.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino 4.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Brewster

David Brewster (1781–1868)Scottish astronomer and mathematician
Jordana Brewster (born 1980)American actress
Paget Brewster (born 1969)American actress
Rhian Brewster (born 2000)English association football player
Sharon Duncan-Brewster (born 1976)British actress
William Brewster (1851–1919)American ornithologist
Daniel Brewster (1923–2007)United States politician
Diane Brewster (1931–1991)American actress

People named Brewster with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Brewster

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.