Brentwood Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Brentwood Surname Definition:

BRENTWOOD: Local. A town in Essex, England, and signifies burnt—wood; brent signifying burnt, from the Anglo—Saxon brennan, to burn.

Brentwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:4,264,223227,504
Australia421:642,75544,739
England181:3,095,448105,421
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Barbados11:287,4482,772
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brentwood (47) may also be a first name.

Brentwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

BRENTWOOD: Local. A town in Essex, England, and signifies burnt—wood; brent signifying burnt, from the Anglo—Saxon brennan, to burn.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Brentwood Last Name Facts

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

Brentwood is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brentwood? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,364,059th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Brentwood is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Brentwood are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Brentwood is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 47 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 4,264,223. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 29 percent live, Tennessee, where 9 percent live and New York, where 8 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 26 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Brentwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brentwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brentwood last name grew 8,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brentwood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brentwood last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

Brentwood earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.14% more than the national average, earning $53,997 USD per year.

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