Last Name BRESTER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The brewster, with the faminine suffix because it was probably a woman's business at first.
Origin English

Rank 42,437 (2000 US census) 58,281 (1990 US census)
Count 481 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 91.68%, or 441 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.91%, or 14 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.53%, or 17 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.04%, or 5 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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