Brinkley Surname

25,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,024 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brinkley Surname Definition:

V. Brink, and + Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a lea.

Brinkley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,5261:19,5652,457
England1,4671:37,9814,941
Australia6521:41,4045,313
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
Northern Ireland671:27,5382,970
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Wales411:75,4766,450
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Guam81:20,0153,029
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
France51:13,284,544357,392
Panama41:978,06412,245
China31:455,773,85521,925
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4081:59,7447,000
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3631:21,2522,674

Brinkley (262) may also be a first name.

Brinkley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. Brink, and + Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a lea.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in co. Cambridge.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Brinklow; a location name in Warwickshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Brinkley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brinkley (Arabic: برنكلي) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Brinkley.

How Common Is The Last Name Brinkley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brinkley is the 25,633rd most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 346,630 people. The last name Brinkley is primarily found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Brinkley live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 549,774th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 262 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 18,526 people, or 1 in 19,565. In The United States Brinkley is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 14 percent live, Georgia, where 9 percent live and Virginia, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists in 41 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Brinkley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brinkley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brinkley last name rose 784 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 360 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 4,100 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 260 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brinkley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (88%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Brinkley surname are 5.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brinkley earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 3.9% more than the national average, earning R 246,912 per year; in United States they earn 6.79% less than the national average, earning $40,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.92% more than the national average, earning $65,046 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Brinkley Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brinkley in the Arabic language
برنكليbrnkly-

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Brinkley Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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