Brains Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Brains Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 95 | 1:256,583 | 18,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Brains (325) may also be a first name.
Brains Demographics
Average Brains Salary in
England
£24,062
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Brains Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brains Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brains (Russian: Браинс) is found most in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brains? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Brains reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Brains is also the 486,495th most widespread given name internationally. It is borne by 325 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 58 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 42 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 28 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.
Brains Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Brains surname is primarily 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brains Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brains in the Russian language | ||
| Браинс | brains | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brains
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