Brasher Surname
Approximately 9,003 people bear this surname
Brasher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,201 | 1:44,197 | 5,414 |
| Australia | 442 | 1:61,076 | 7,390 |
| England | 210 | 1:265,324 | 21,048 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 160 | 1:152,346 | 13,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,026 | 1:48,946 | 5,572 |
Brasher (30) may also be a first name.
Brasher Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Brazier, q.v.
User-submitted Reference
Brasher is an English surname. It comes from a time when brasher meant 'brewer' or 'bartender' referring to alcohol in beer and other products. People with the last name of Brasher were referred to as the master brewers of a city and were often regarded as a respected family since they owned many breweries and taverns. Today many Brashers in America are very rich and own many businesses having to do with alcohol and the distribution of alcohol.
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Average Male Brasher Height
176.47 cm
Average Female Brasher Height
163.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Brasher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brasher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brasher is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brasher? popularity and diffusion
Brasher is the 56,333rd most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,458 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Brasher reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 30 people.
The last name Brasher is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 8,201 people, or 1 in 44,197. In The United States Brasher is mostly found in: Alabama, where 22 percent reside, Texas, where 16 percent reside and Tennessee, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 5 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Brasher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Brasher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brasher surname increased 799 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 131 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brasher Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Brasher surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Brasher are 26.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.92% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Brasher earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.67% more than the national average, earning R 315,264 per year; in United States they earn 5.26% less than the national average, earning $40,879 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.55% less than the national average, earning $44,442 CAD per year.
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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
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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