Brouwers Surname

43,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Brouwers Surname User-submission:

The Brouwers surname comes from the word brouwer, which means 'beer brewer'. The word brouwers is plural of brouwer.

Brouwers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands6,7161:2,514177
Belgium2,7411:4,194463
Germany8231:97,82012,178
United States3761:963,98771,704
South Africa3251:166,70118,604
France2381:279,08742,874
Canada2301:160,19816,186
Australia1371:197,04919,369
New Zealand571:79,44411,532
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
England231:2,422,52489,093
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Curaçao141:11,232389
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Austria111:774,13064,097
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Norway81:642,78647,258
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Brouwers Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Brouwers surname comes from the word brouwer, which means 'beer brewer'. The word brouwers is plural of brouwer.

- albert.brouwers

Brouwers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brouwers is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Brouwers.

How Common Is The Last Name Brouwers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 43,886th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 615,450 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Brouwers live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Brouwers is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 6,716 people, or 1 in 2,514. In The Netherlands Brouwers is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 45 percent live, Limburg, where 19 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this surname exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.

Brouwers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brouwers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,892 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brouwers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brouwers last name are 20.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.29% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brouwers earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 28.27% less than the national average, earning R 170,460 per year; in United States they earn 8.73% more than the national average, earning $46,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.96% more than the national average, earning $56,617 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Browers93862/
Bruwers931/
Brauwers88702/
Breuwers8813/
Broowers881/
Broubers881/
Brouvers881/
Brouwersová842/
Bruvers8091/
Brawers8081/
Brobers801/
Brovers801/
Brauvers75135/
Browerce752/
Brawerse751/
Brabers67469/
Bravers674/
Brūvers672/
Brúvers671/
Breavers632/

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