Browner Surname

201,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,073 people bear this surname

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

Browner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Browner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8241:198,71719,566
Australia771:350,59429,558
Canada651:566,85547,218
Ireland301:156,9657,012
England261:2,143,00282,017
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Liberia61:734,75629,369
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Wales41:773,63329,106
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland531:83,5825,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3331:150,80713,975

Browner (22) may also be a first name.

Browner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Browner is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Browner? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 201,183rd most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,515,459 people. The surname Browner is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Browner are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Browner is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,824 people, or 1 in 198,717. In The United States Browner is most numerous in: Georgia, where 21 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Browner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Browner has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 548 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 43 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it grew 520 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Browner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Browner last name are 3.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.62% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Browner earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.17% less than the national average, earning R 170,700 per year; in United States they earn 1.63% more than the national average, earning $43,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.15% less than the national average, earning $40,168 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Browneer931/
Brownner930/
Brownert930/
Brownheir880/
Brawner866,057/
Brewner86114/
Brownjr8634/
Brovner866/
Bruwner860/
Brownheart820/
Brownisr803/
Bruwneur801/
Brawnner800/
Brabner71230/
Brevner7147/

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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
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  • 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 Browner
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