How Many People Have the Last Name Bruce?
people had the surname Bruce in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,522 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,415 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Bruce (77.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 15.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Bruce ranks #465. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 79.9% to 77.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Bruce grew from 52,004 people in 2000 to 53,419 in 2010 (up 2.7%), and its rank fell from #583 to #636. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 19.28 to 18.11 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 52,004 | 53,419 |
| Rank | #583 | #636 |
| Per 100,000 people | 19.28 | 18.11 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Bruce
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Bruce: B620
👤 Bruce as a First Name
Bruce is a first name too: about 247,089 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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