Where Does The Last Name Brooks Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Brooks (Arabic: بروكس) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Brooks click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brooks? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 1,194^th most frequently held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,307 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Brooks reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brooks is also the 38,145^th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 19,766 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 327,383 people, or 1 in 1,107. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, Georgia, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 169 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Brooks Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Brooks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brooks surname grew 597 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 174 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 357 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 282 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 120 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brooks Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (48%) in Ireland, Orthodox (81%) in Russia and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Brooks surname are 10.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.31% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brooks earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 83.15% more than the national average, earning 633,838 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.51% more than the national average, earning R 314,904 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.26% less than the national average, earning $20,146,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.95% less than the national average, earning $40,582 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.35% more than the national average, earning $50,852 CAD per year.