Look up another surname
The brewster Surname

brewster Name Meaning and History

Northern English and Scottish: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Old English breowan ‘to brew’. Brewer is the usual term in southern England, while Brewster is mainly midland, northern, and Scottish.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

14–Day Free Trial

Download the Getting Started guide
It's FREE with registration!

brewster Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add brewster family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of brewster Families in the US in 1920
Number of brewster families
 191-380
 64-190
 1-63
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view brewster census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for brewster records.
  • You can see how brewster families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search brewster census records.

Search for brewster records

Name

Birth

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA

Death

+/-
e.g. Chicago, Illinois, USA
Give priority to    

More resources for your brewster family history

Start your FREE family tree. Who will you discover?

A family tree is the easiest way to start discovering your family history. To begin, just enter whatever you know and we'll use that to try and find more information for you.

Begin your family tree with your name:

Learn more about family trees.

The brewster name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the brewster family name as far back in history as possible.

Member Connections

More Tools and Resources