Armbruster Surname

26,189th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,538 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Armbruster Surname Definition:

(German) Fighter armed with a crossbow; one who made and sold Crossbows.

Armbruster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany10,9531:7,350922
United States7,3871:49,0675,947
France1,0041:66,1589,126
Canada3441:107,10911,509
Switzerland2091:39,2965,604
England1161:480,32831,110
Brazil1021:2,098,76866,021
Australia871:310,29526,919
Austria721:118,27016,587
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Spain201:2,337,60257,118
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Serbia81:893,11828,088
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Burkina Faso51:3,670,42019,318
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Belize11:355,4743,977
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8221:61,0936,715

The alternate forms: Armbrüster (679) are calculated separately.

Armbruster (10) may also be a first name.

Armbruster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Fighter armed with a crossbow; one who made and sold Crossbows.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Armbruster Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Armbruster Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Armbruster (Russian: Армбрустер) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Armbrüster. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Armbruster? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 26,189th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 354,832 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Armbruster are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 10 people.

The surname Armbruster is most common in Germany, where it is held by 10,953 people, or 1 in 7,350. In Germany Armbruster is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 80 percent reside, Bavaria, where 5 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 36 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.

Armbruster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Armbruster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Armbruster surname rose 899 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Armbruster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Armbruster last name are 13.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.03% being registered with the party.

The amount Armbruster earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 137.85% more than the national average, earning R 565,224 per year; in United States they earn 10.32% more than the national average, earning $47,602 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.79% less than the national average, earning $46,807 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Armbruster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Armbruster in the Russian language
Армбрустерarmbruster-

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