Brenham Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Brenham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brenham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1101:3,295,081188,193
England491:1,137,10353,999
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:896,76254,350

Brenham (28) may also be a first name.

Brenham Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brenham Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Brenham is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Brenham.

How Common Is The Last Name Brenham? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brenham is the 1,206,588th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name Brenham occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Brenham live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America. Brenham is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 28 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 3,295,081. In The United States Brenham is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 74 percent reside, Louisiana, where 7 percent reside and Illinois, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent reside and Canada, where 14 percent reside.

Brenham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brenham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brenham surname grew 196 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 223 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brenham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brenham surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brenham earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.14% more than the national average, earning $44,934 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.66% more than the national average, earning $57,464 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • 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 Brenham
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