Brought Surname

741,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brought Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brought Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3461:1,047,56976,686
Iran281:2,742,23386,474
England41:13,929,515290,718
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

Brought Last Name Facts

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

Brought is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brought? popularity and diffusion

Brought is the 741,235th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,734,051 people. Brought occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Brought reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 78 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Brought is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 1,047,569. In The United States Brought is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 44 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Outside of The United States Brought is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 7 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Brought Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brought has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brought last name expanded 349 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brought Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Brought are 38.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.93% being registered to vote for the party.

Brought earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.37% less than the national average, earning $40,401 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Broughte933/
Broght927/
Brught921/
Braught86247/
Wrought8663/
Broughs862/
Brughts861/
Vrought861/
Brroughs803/
Wrught7712/
Vrught777/
Wroght776/
Braght771/
Brughs771/
Breight71103/
Breughe7179/
Brouggy7170/
Wraught7152/
Bruiget7127/
Vreught715/
Braight714/
Wroight711/
Brousgeest710/
Breaght710/
Breugghe6720/
Bruxh672/

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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 Brought
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