Brimstead Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Brimstead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brimstead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Brimstead Last Name Facts

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

Brimstead is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brimstead? popularity and diffusion

Brimstead is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Brimstead is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Brimstead are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Brimstead is most widely held in England, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Kent, where 100 percent are found. Outside of England it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Brimstead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brimstead has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brimstead last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Brimstead
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