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Where Does The Last Name Brains Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Brains (Russian: Браинс) occurs most in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brains? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 2,661,929^th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Brains are found; 68 percent are found in Southern Africa and 68 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Brains is also the 486,495^th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 325 people.

The surname Brains is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 58 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 42 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Brains Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Brains earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.34% less than the national average, earning R 236,820 per year.