Brinkhuys Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Brinkhuys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brinkhuys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1561:347,29331,960
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Brinkhuys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brinkhuys is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brinkhuys? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brinkhuys is the 1,391,595th most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Brinkhuys is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Brinkhuys are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 347,293. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 89 percent live, Limpopo, where 6 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Brinkhuys Last Name Statistics demography

Brinkhuys earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.95% less than the national average, earning R 107,064 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 Brinkhuys
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