The Brubaker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,218 people carried this name — #2,934 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,200 people counted. That is up 5% from 11,588 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
42 families named Brubaker, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 255 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 231 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Brubaker in American newspapers,
1913–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,418 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brubaker,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ethel B. Brubaker 1885–1959 · botanical collector -
Ray Brubaker 1892–1947 · baseball manager -
Bill Brubaker 1910–1978 · baseball player -
George E. Brubaker 1838–1915 · politician
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Howard Brubaker 1882–1957 · writer
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Joseph Daniel Brubaker 1905– · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Brubaker,
in the records of 2 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States535 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 381
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 95
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Harold Raymond BrubakerBorn 1948; from Memphis, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Norman L. BrubakerBorn 1925 in Ohio. Enlisted 1945 at Cleveland; farmer from Sandusky County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at West Union Cemetery, Gibsonburg, Ohio.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Joseph Emerson BrubakerU.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1933, died 1965; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 535 records for Brubaker in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada7 records
- City of Calgary cemetery records 6
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record John Lester BrubakerBuried in 1999 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 87.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917 War record Roscoe Donald BrubakerDied in service in 1945.
Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Gordon Elias BrubakerBuried in 1963 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 52.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 3 of 7 records for Brubaker in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brubaker.
- Broyer 209 · U.S. census
- Broyles 9,781 · U.S. census
- Brożek 906 · U.S. census
- Bru 322 · U.S. census
- Brua 209 · U.S. census
- Brubach 248 · U.S. census
- Bruce 53,419 · U.S. census
- Bruch 1,975 · U.S. census
- Brucher 137 · U.S. census
- Bruck 2,588 · U.S. census
- Brucker 2,577 · U.S. census
- Bruckert 181 · U.S. census
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