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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Braun Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Braun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Braun (Georgian: ბრაუნ, Hindi: ब्राउन, Marathi: ाऊन, Oriya: ବାଉନ, Russian: Браун) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Brauń. Click here to see other potential spellings of Braun.
How Common Is The Last Name Braun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Braun is the 1,906th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,303 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Braun reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Braun is also the 313,557th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 695 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 165,592 people, or 1 in 486. In Germany it is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Bavaria, where 18 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 155 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Russia, where 5 percent live.
Braun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Braun has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Braun surname expanded 1,336 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 432 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 1,067 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Braun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname 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 Republicans than The US average, with 60.87% registered with 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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