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.

DNA test information

Brostrup Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

The surname Brostrup is found most frequently in Denmark. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brostrup? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Brostrup occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Brostrup live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.

Brostrup is most frequently used in Denmark, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 201,597. In Denmark Brostrup is mostly found in: Central Denmark Region, where 57 percent reside, Capital Region of Denmark, where 29 percent reside and Region Zealand, where 11 percent reside. Not including Denmark Brostrup is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Brostrup
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