Brooke-Alder Surname

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

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Brooke-Alder Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Brooke & Alder.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brooke-Alder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
England11:55,718,059489,080

Brooke-Alder Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brooke-Alder Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Brooke-Alder is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brooke-Alder? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brooke-Alder is the 5,391,485th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Brooke-Alder reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Brooke-Alder is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa Brooke-Alder is most common in: Western Cape, where 92 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found.

Brooke-Alder Last Name Statistics demography

Brooke-Alder earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 254% more than the national average, earning R 841,248 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
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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 Brooke-Alder
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