Brinke Surname
Approximately 1,172 people bear this surname
Brinke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 612 | 1:131,545 | 16,013 |
| Netherlands | 246 | 1:68,647 | 11,709 |
| Latvia | 124 | 1:16,533 | 2,450 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| Canada | 48 | 1:767,616 | 60,775 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Briņķe (3) are calculated separately.
Brinke (36) may also be a first name.
Brinke Demographics
Average Brinke Salary in
United States
$49,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Brinke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brinke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brinke is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Briņķe. Click here for further possible spellings of Brinke.
How Common Is The Last Name Brinke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brinke is the 319,156th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,218,043 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Brinke are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 74 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Brinke is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.
The last name Brinke is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 612 people, or 1 in 131,545. In Germany Brinke is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent reside and Bavaria, where 9 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 21 percent reside and Latvia, where 11 percent reside.
Brinke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Brinke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Brinke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Brinke last name are 29.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Brinke earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $49,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.32% more than the national average, earning $56,800 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Brinke
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