Brogens Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Brogens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brogens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Brogens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brogens occurs most in Switzerland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brogens? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Brogens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Brogens are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Brogens is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,026,614. In Switzerland Brogens is most frequent in: Canton of Solothurn, where 75 percent live, Canton of Schaffhausen, where 13 percent live and Canton of Zürich, where 13 percent live. Barring Switzerland Brogens is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Brogens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brogens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brogens surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brosens861,713/
Bregens863/
Brozens861/
Bragens861/
Brogins860/
Broggins8021/
Brodgins806/
Bruggens801/
Brongins800/
Bragins7136/
Bregenz7110/
Brosins712/
Brugins711/
Bregnsh711/
Brasens711/
Bregins710/
Brocins710/
Braggins67492/
Breggins6711/
Brazhens6711/
Bregenzh672/
Brachens671/
Brochins670/
Bracins571/
Brazins571/
Brasins570/
Brachins533/

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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 Brogens
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