Brookings Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Brookings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brookings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3801:953,83971,121
Canada931:396,18935,081
England401:1,392,95161,553
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2221:226,21019,119

Brookings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brookings is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brookings? popularity and diffusion

Brookings is the 600,164th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,068,621 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Brookings are found; 83 percent are found in North America and 83 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 380 people, or 1 in 953,839. In The United States it is most common in: Missouri, where 11 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Maine, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States Brookings exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 18 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Brookings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brookings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brookings surname expanded 171 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 154 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brookings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brookings last name are 1.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.9% registered with the party.

The amount Brookings earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.84% more than the national average, earning $43,510 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.3% less than the national average, earning $48,045 CAD per year.

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Brookings Reference & Research

Brooking FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Brooking FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Brookings
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis