The Brouwer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,870 people carried this name — #11,069 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 14% from 2,518 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Brouwer surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From brouwer (“brewer”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brouwer» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 160 people named Brouwer 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 Córdoba.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
119 people named Brouwer live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 67 people named Brouwer 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Brouwer.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
54 people named Brouwer 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
Brouwer in American newspapers,
1906–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,176 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brouwer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Cornelis Brouwer 1521–1581 · Catholic priest -
Christoph Brouwer 1559–1617 · historian -
Hendrik Brouwer 1581–1634 · politician -
Adriaen Brouwer 1603–1638 · painter -
Cornelis Brouwer 1634–1681 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 204 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brouwer.
- Brouder 149 · U.S. census
- Brouhard 534 · U.S. census
- Brouillard 2,161 · U.S. census
- Brouillet 457 · U.S. census
- Broussard 26,971 · U.S. census
- Brousseau 2,662 · U.S. census
- Brouwers 238 · U.S. census
- Brovelli 123 · U.S. census
- Brown 1,437,026 · U.S. census
- Browne 22,289 · U.S. census
- Broy 441 · U.S. census
- Broyard 134 · U.S. census
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