Last Name BRUCE

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Meaning Local: Of Braose or Brause, the castle of Braose, now Brieuse, two leagues from Falaise in Normandy. Sussex was the original home of the family.
Local: from Bruys in Normandy; Robert de Bruys was one of the followers of William the Conqueror, and received from that monarch grants of ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire; his son Robert de Brus obtained from David I the lands of Annandale, and was the ancestor of the Scottish family of Bruce.
Local: 'De Bruys;' from Bruy or Bruys, a place in Normandy where the family originated. De Bruys was one of the followers of William the Conqueror, and fought at the battle of Hastings. From this ancestor, King Robert Bruce was descended.
Origin English, Scottish, French, Jewish, Greek, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank 583 (2000 US census) 541 (1990 US census)
Count 52,004 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 79.85%, or 41525 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.99%, or 7795 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.53%, or 276 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.02%, or 530 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.73%, or 900 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.87%, or 972 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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