Braun Surname
Approximately 288,013 people bear this surname
Braun Surname Definition:
(Ger.) Brown [Middle High German O.H.Ger. O.L.Ger. brûn]
Read More About This SurnameBraun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 165,592 | 1:486 | 20 |
| United States | 49,018 | 1:7,394 | 877 |
| Russia | 13,117 | 1:10,988 | 1,514 |
| Brazil | 9,234 | 1:23,183 | 1,064 |
| Canada | 8,726 | 1:4,223 | 566 |
| France | 6,824 | 1:9,734 | 926 |
| Austria | 4,866 | 1:1,750 | 133 |
| Switzerland | 3,813 | 1:2,154 | 220 |
| Poland | 2,279 | 1:16,678 | 2,452 |
| Hungary | 2,164 | 1:4,536 | 528 |
| Argentina | 2,150 | 1:19,881 | 1,681 |
| Australia | 1,946 | 1:13,872 | 1,977 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,803 | 1:9,807 | 1,527 |
| Netherlands | 1,593 | 1:10,601 | 1,442 |
| Luxembourg | 1,380 | 1:421 | 25 |
| Mexico | 999 | 1:124,250 | 4,192 |
| South Africa | 826 | 1:65,590 | 8,235 |
| England | 821 | 1:67,866 | 7,851 |
| Belgium | 798 | 1:14,407 | 2,189 |
| Czechia | 794 | 1:13,392 | 1,915 |
| Japan | 601 | 1:212,719 | 9,296 |
| Belarus | 561 | 1:16,936 | 2,769 |
| Thailand | 538 | 1:131,298 | 20,061 |
| Paraguay | 535 | 1:13,527 | 663 |
| Sweden | 490 | 1:20,095 | 1,676 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Spain | 418 | 1:111,847 | 8,870 |
| Italy | 391 | 1:156,411 | 24,260 |
| Ukraine | 381 | 1:119,482 | 16,953 |
| Denmark | 365 | 1:15,465 | 1,510 |
| Estonia | 334 | 1:3,957 | 346 |
| India | 316 | 1:2,427,422 | 78,227 |
| Latvia | 297 | 1:6,903 | 960 |
| Romania | 278 | 1:72,223 | 8,611 |
| Slovakia | 213 | 1:25,054 | 4,204 |
| Dominican Republic | 200 | 1:52,165 | 2,646 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Chile | 185 | 1:95,224 | 3,623 |
| New Zealand | 184 | 1:24,610 | 4,301 |
| Portugal | 170 | 1:61,284 | 3,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 120 | 1:257,743 | 7,986 |
| Papua New Guinea | 114 | 1:71,524 | 9,336 |
| Croatia | 106 | 1:39,892 | 7,989 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 106 | 1:56,346 | 7,923 |
| Swaziland | 101 | 1:12,853 | 583 |
| Lithuania | 99 | 1:30,652 | 5,373 |
| Israel | 96 | 1:89,142 | 10,512 |
| Norway | 85 | 1:60,497 | 8,623 |
| Malaysia | 82 | 1:359,686 | 19,062 |
| Ecuador | 77 | 1:206,569 | 7,938 |
| Serbia | 74 | 1:96,553 | 7,825 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| Belize | 67 | 1:5,306 | 914 |
| Guatemala | 61 | 1:263,650 | 4,245 |
| Uruguay | 54 | 1:63,551 | 6,804 |
| Wales | 49 | 1:63,154 | 5,613 |
| Greece | 46 | 1:240,865 | 36,930 |
| Venezuela | 41 | 1:736,685 | 12,312 |
| Bulgaria | 39 | 1:178,946 | 9,978 |
| Peru | 37 | 1:859,030 | 17,841 |
| China | 36 | 1:37,981,155 | 2,028 |
| Scotland | 33 | 1:162,237 | 9,329 |
| Ireland | 32 | 1:147,154 | 6,785 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Finland | 31 | 1:177,313 | 15,564 |
| Jamaica | 21 | 1:136,664 | 4,886 |
| Transnistria | 21 | 1:22,605 | 3,991 |
| Moldova | 20 | 1:178,068 | 17,570 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Azerbaijan | 17 | 1:567,595 | 10,450 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Tajikistan | 16 | 1:524,168 | 3,647 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 | 1:123,002 | 7,073 |
| South Korea | 15 | 1:3,416,017 | 641 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Armenia | 12 | 1:244,182 | 6,167 |
| Georgia | 12 | 1:312,129 | 14,385 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Bolivia | 10 | 1:1,061,643 | 4,908 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| Liechtenstein | 10 | 1:3,838 | 429 |
| Anguilla | 9 | 1:1,493 | 138 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Haiti | 7 | 1:1,526,272 | 14,436 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 190 | 1:128,291 | 11,943 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,669 | 1:13,687 | 1,755 |
The alternate forms: Brauń (1) are calculated separately.
Braun (695) may also be a first name.
Braun Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Brown [Middle High German O.H.Ger. O.L.Ger. brûn]
“Brown” in German.
(German) The dark-complexioned man.
(German), Brown. (variant: Brown and de Bruin.)
User-submitted Reference
Braun is the colour "brown" in German. In former times, people with brown hair were called "braun", sometimes it was the colour of the eyes or the skin. Immigrants to the US sometimes changed their surname from Braun into Brown.
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Average Braun Salary in
United States
$48,174 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Braun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Braun (Georgian: ბრაუნ, Hindi: ब्राउन, Marathi: ाऊन, Oriya: ବାଉନ, Russian: Браун) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Brauń. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Braun? popularity and diffusion
Braun is the 1,906th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,303 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Braun live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 313,557th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 695 people.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 165,592 people, or 1 in 486. In Germany it is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside and Bavaria, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 155 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Russia, where 5 percent reside.
Braun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Braun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Braun last name increased 1,336 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 432 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 1,067 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Braun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus, Orthodox (88%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Braun surname are 14.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.87% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Braun earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 151.29% more than the national average, earning €75,461 per year; in Norway they earn 4.97% more than the national average, earning 363,282 kr per year; in Peru they earn 293.84% more than the national average, earning S/. 76,345 per year; in South Africa they earn 84.95% more than the national average, earning R 439,512 per year; in United States they earn 11.65% more than the national average, earning $48,174 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.07% less than the national average, earning $48,160 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Braun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Braun in the Georgian language | ||
| ბრაუნ | braun | - |
| Braun in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्राउन | bra'una | 89.29 |
| ब्राऊन | bra'una | 8.93 |
| Braun in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାଉନ | ba'una | 75 |
| ବାଉ | ba'u | 25 |
| Braun in the Marathi language | ||
| ाऊन | a'una | 58.46 |
| ाउन | a'una | 40 |
| Braun in the Russian language | ||
| Браун | braun | - |
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Footnotes
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