Brostrup Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Brostrup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brostrup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark281:201,59716,538
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397

Brostrup Last Name Facts

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

Brostrup is found most frequently in Denmark. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brostrup? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brostrup is the 3,485,539th most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Brostrup are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Denmark, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 201,597. In Denmark Brostrup is most numerous in: Central Denmark Region, where 57 percent are found, Capital Region of Denmark, where 29 percent are found and Region Zealand, where 11 percent are found. Other than Denmark this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brestrup8889/
Brastrup8858/
Brochtrup82328/
Braestrup8224/
Bradstrup824/
Bratrup801/
Brouchtrup783/
Brochtruip782/
Brochthrup781/
Brotraud751/
Bratru712/
Brochtrut712/
Bradstrut710/
Bratrud67304/
Brattrud63119/
Wrachtrup5913/
Bratrů5763/

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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 Brostrup
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