Brouw Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Brouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1461:115,66618,330
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Denmark111:513,15632,022
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Brouw Last Name Facts

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

Brouw is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Brouw.

How Common Is The Last Name Brouw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,155,901st most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. Brouw occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Brouw reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 115,666. In The Netherlands Brouw is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 69 percent are found, North Brabant, where 12 percent are found and Gelderland, where 5 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands Brouw exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 14 percent are found and Denmark, where 5 percent are found.

Brouw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brouw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brouw last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brouw Last Name Statistics demography

Brouw earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.22% less than the national average, earning R 23,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brouws9145/
Brouwe917/
Brousw911/
Brow893,194/
Bruw890/
Brrouwz831/
Browe80616/
Browa80435/
Brauw8017/
Browh8012/
Bruwe809/
Broww807/
Browt802/
Brouf802/
Bruwh801/
Brrow801/
Broow801/
Bruew801/
Bruow801/
Broew801/
Brouff7376/
Browsh7319/
Brrows734/
Brochw732/
Brushw731/
Browsz731/
Brrowe731/
Browth731/
Browhe731/
Browch730/
Brub67882/
Brob67387/
Braw67175/
Brov6797/
Brof6729/
Brauwss674/
Vrow672/
Bruf672/
Browsch671/
Breuchw670/

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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 Brouw
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