Brain Surname
Approximately 18,146 people bear this surname
Brain Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Possibly a form of Brand, but this is a mere guess.
Alicia Brayn, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Helena Brayn, Huntingdonshire ibid.
John Brayn, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameBrain Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 5,653 | 1:9,856 | 1,451 |
Australia | 2,624 | 1:10,288 | 1,528 |
Ghana | 2,078 | 1:13,003 | 1,707 |
United States | 1,970 | 1:183,989 | 18,346 |
Wales | 803 | 1:3,854 | 418 |
Russia | 603 | 1:239,010 | 25,526 |
Papua New Guinea | 569 | 1:14,330 | 1,370 |
Canada | 553 | 1:66,629 | 7,708 |
Malaysia | 374 | 1:78,862 | 5,597 |
Argentina | 333 | 1:128,359 | 10,874 |
Chile | 261 | 1:67,496 | 2,795 |
New Zealand | 246 | 1:18,408 | 3,224 |
France | 217 | 1:306,095 | 46,684 |
South Africa | 174 | 1:311,366 | 29,669 |
Northern Ireland | 153 | 1:12,059 | 1,790 |
Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
Scotland | 146 | 1:36,670 | 3,548 |
Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
India | 123 | 1:6,236,304 | 144,239 |
Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
Germany | 75 | 1:1,073,406 | 72,288 |
Belgium | 61 | 1:188,470 | 25,041 |
Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
China | 41 | 1:33,349,306 | 1,770 |
Peru | 35 | 1:908,118 | 18,273 |
Zimbabwe | 32 | 1:482,445 | 40,356 |
United Arab Emirates | 31 | 1:295,557 | 19,854 |
Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
Belarus | 27 | 1:351,891 | 37,455 |
Afghanistan | 25 | 1:1,286,127 | 11,103 |
Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
Isle of Man | 20 | 1:4,291 | 899 |
Colombia | 19 | 1:2,514,425 | 13,479 |
Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
Marshall Islands | 5 | 1:10,364 | 1,309 |
Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 3,010 | 1:8,098 | 1,234 |
Wales | 194 | 1:8,085 | 501 |
Scotland | 16 | 1:233,951 | 8,207 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 358 | 1:140,276 | 13,217 |
Brain (22,817) may also be a first name.
Brain Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Possibly a form of Brand, but this is a mere guess.
Alicia Brayn, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Helena Brayn, Huntingdonshire ibid.
John Brayn, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
1580. Thomas Braine and Hellen Maskall: Marriage Lic. (London).
1751. Married — Richard Brain and Catherine Martin: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
Thomas Brayne of Baldowy, witness in 1462 (Laing, 149), and David Brane, artium magister, 1477 (Cawdor, p. 63). David Brane, witness in Aberdeen, 1492 (REA., I, p. 331). John Brane signed the Band of Dumfries, 1570 (RPC., XIV, p. 66), Roger Brain in Allegawin, parish of Glenbervie, 1601, and four more of the name are recorded in Brechin Commissariot Record. Katherine Brayn appears in Harvestoun, parish of Kynneff, 1605 (St. Andrews), and John Brane in Gleddisholme, 1686 (RPC., 3. ser. XII, p. 406). In RPC., 3. ser. X the name is equated in the index with Brand. It may derive from Brain in Cote-d'Or, or from Braine in Ouse (Baring-Gould, p. 256).
(Celtic) for O'Brain, q.v. (English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Bregen [apparently from brego = prince, king]
From Brain, Anjou. Matthew de Brain occurs in Yorkshire 1199 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
Fr.; a personal name.
A family of Brain held lands in the parish of Little Dean from the time of Elizabeth up to last century (A.), and the name still occurs there. The Brains also owned the manor of Stanton 300 years ago (R.). This is an ancient English name: it was represented in Hunts in the reign of Edward I. (H. R.).
Brain Demographics
Brain Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Brain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brain (Georgian: ბრაინ, Hindi: ब्रायन, Marathi: ाईन, Russian: Браин) is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,518th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 401,606 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Brain live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 38 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 34,211th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 22,817 people.
Brain is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 5,653 people, or 1 in 9,856. In England Brain is primarily found in: Gloucestershire, where 17 percent live, West Midlands, where 9 percent live and Greater London, where 7 percent live. Outside of England Brain is found in 128 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 14 percent live and Ghana, where 11 percent live.
Brain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brain has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 550 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 414 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 913 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 208 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Brain Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Presbyterian (85%) in Ireland, Orthodox (71%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Brain are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered with the political party.
The amount Brain earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 432.56% more than the national average, earning S/. 103,237 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.43% less than the national average, earning R 160,572 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.78% less than the national average, earning $21,845,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.39% more than the national average, earning $47,633 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.52% more than the national average, earning $54,411 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brain Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Brain in the Georgian language | ||
ბრაინ | brain | - |
Brain in the Hindi language | ||
ब्रायन | brayana | 33.33 |
ब्राईन | bra'ina | 33.33 |
ब्राइन | bra'ina | 27.78 |
ब्रैन | braina | 5.56 |
Brain in the Marathi language | ||
ाईन | a'ina | 33.33 |
ाइन | a'ina | 16.67 |
राँि | rami | 16.67 |
राि | rai | 8.33 |
ैन | aina | 8.33 |
भााईन | bhaa'ina | 8.33 |
बोकारोाइन | bokaroa'ina | 8.33 |
Brain in the Russian language | ||
Браин | brain | - |
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