Brinker Surname

41,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,583 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Brinker Surname Definition:

(German, Dutch) Dweller on, or near, the grassy hill.

Brinker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,5091:48,2705,852
Germany4,2441:18,9692,499
Brazil3381:633,35623,493
Netherlands2181:77,46413,087
Canada1161:317,63429,153
Israel571:150,13415,774
Paraguay171:425,6915,975
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Austria101:851,54467,454
Norway91:571,36544,190
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
England31:18,572,686338,250
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
France31:22,140,907385,998
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4361:34,9714,162

Brinker (32) may also be a first name.

Brinker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Dutch) Dweller on, or near, the grassy hill.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Brinker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brinker (Arabic: برنكر, Russian: Бринкер) occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brinker? popularity and diffusion

Brinker is the 41,476th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 579,158 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Brinker live; 61 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Brinker is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent forename globally It is held by 32 people.

The surname Brinker is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 7,509 people, or 1 in 48,270. In The United States it is primarily found in: Missouri, where 13 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 34 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Brinker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brinker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brinker surname expanded 523 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brinker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brinker surname are 14.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.58% registered with the political party.

The amount Brinker earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 11.13% less than the national average, earning 307,545 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.66% more than the national average, earning $43,866 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.74% more than the national average, earning $51,046 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brinkert931,038/
Brincker93375/
Brinkerh931/
Brienker931/
Brnker921/
Brinkåker8818/
Brenker86640/
Brünker86169/
Brynker862/
Brnkerh862/
Brincer861/
Brinkir860/
Brinkerová822/
Brinkerova821/
Brenkert80130/
Brincher8029/
Brinquer809/
Brynkier807/
Brenkier805/
Bruenker805/
Brinkirt801/
Brencker800/
Brinkkjær7516/
Brenckert7512/
Brencer710/
Brencher67281/
Brännkär671/
Brenquer671/
Brännkärr63150/
Værnkjær531/

Brinker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brinker in the Russian language
Бринкерbrinker-
Brinker in the Arabic language
برنكرbrnkr-
برينكرbrynkr-

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