The Brauer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,906 people carried this name — #6,858 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,959 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Brauer surname
Occupational surname, borrowed from German Brauer (“brewer”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brauer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
538 people named Brauer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 662 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 508 people named Brauer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 305 people named Brauer.
30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
177 people named Brauer live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
215 people named Brauer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Brauer in American newspapers,
1896–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,055 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brauer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Nikolaus Friedrich Brauer 1754–1813 · politician -
Friedrich Moritz Brauer 1832–1904 · zoologist -
August Brauer 1863–1917 · zoologist -
Ludolph Brauer 1865–1951 · physician -
Max Brauer 1887–1973 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 161 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brauer.
- Brassart 150 · U.S. census
- Brasse 116 · U.S. census
- Brassel 294 · U.S. census
- Brasseur 707 · U.S. census
- Brau 520 · U.S. census
- Braud 2,396 · U.S. census
- Brault 2,029 · U.S. census
- Braun 34,491 · U.S. census
- Brauner 962 · U.S. census
- Braunschweig 581 · U.S. census
- Braunstein 2,304 · U.S. census
- Bravard 373 · U.S. census
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