Brownley Surname

296,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Brownley Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the brown meadow.

Brownley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6041:600,09848,868
England3541:157,39614,847
South Africa1251:433,42237,136
Australia1091:247,66722,912
Canada391:944,75971,777
Wales331:93,7747,567
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Aruba11:103,4772,586
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1901:128,29111,943
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2601:193,14916,929

Brownley (11) may also be a first name.

Brownley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the brown meadow.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Brownley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brownley is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Brownley click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brownley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 296,572nd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,666,832 people. The last name Brownley is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Brownley live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Brownley is also the 3,487,849th most frequent given name world-wide, borne by 11 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 604 people, or 1 in 600,098. In The United States Brownley is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 21 percent are found, Virginia, where 14 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in England, where 28 percent are found and South Africa, where 10 percent are found.

Brownley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brownley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brownley surname expanded 232 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 186 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brownley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Brownley last name is primarily Anglican (73%) in Ireland.

In The United States Brownley are 24.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.97% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brownley earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning R 272,616 per year; in United States they earn 14.53% more than the national average, earning $49,420 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.18% less than the national average, earning $49,592 CAD per year.

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Brownley Reference & Research

Brownlow/Brownlee FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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