Breuer surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Breuer surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,184 people carried this name — #9,384 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,700 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 423 people named Breuer live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 354
Antwerp 37
Limburg 10
Luxembourg Province 10
Brussels-Capital 7
Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

195 people named Breuer live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 31
Bern 30
Aargau 25
Lucerne 21
Basel-Stadt 11
Solothurn 11
Ticino 10
Zug 10

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Breuer.

47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 47
Moselle 29
Tarn 5
Yvelines 5
Paris 5
Bas-Rhin 4
Pas-de-Calais 2
Isère 2
Haut-Rhin 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

42 people named Breuer have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 92 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 30
Lower Silesian 4
Masovian 4
Greater Poland 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

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