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

Browner is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Browner.

How Common Is The Last Name Browner? popularity and diffusion

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

The last name Browner is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,824 people, or 1 in 198,717. In The United States it is most numerous in: Georgia, where 21 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Michigan, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Browner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

Browner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Browner surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Browner surname are 3.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.62% registered with 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
  • 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 Browner
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