Brownrigg Surname

149,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,950 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malta

Brownrigg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the brown ridge,' from residence thereby. I cannot find the spot, but it looks North English.

1589. Buried — Helen, d. Peter Brownridge (Browneridge): St. James, Clerkenwell.

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Brownrigg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9591:377,95533,414
England6261:89,0069,633
Canada5171:71,2688,131
Australia3481:77,5749,062
South Africa1011:536,41342,583
New Zealand901:50,3158,125
Malta901:4,781330
Ireland551:85,6174,914
Bahamas481:8,161696
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Wales181:171,91811,581
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1111:39,9093,651
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3461:70,4497,881
Scotland301:124,7745,666
Jersey71:7,4121,296
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1661:302,52223,980

Brownrigg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the brown ridge,' from residence thereby. I cannot find the spot, but it looks North English.

1589. Buried — Helen, d. Peter Brownridge (Browneridge): St. James, Clerkenwell.

1639-40, — Margaret Brownerigg: ibid.

1643. Buried — Margaret, wife of Roger Browneridge: ibid.

1784. Married — Peter Brownridge and Jane Barker: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Of local origin from some small place of the name. The lands of Alanshaw had as one boundary Burnerig (now Brounrig) in the time of Alan the Steward (Melros, p. 69). Margaret Brounrig at Balmaclellan, 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 616).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(North.E. or Scandinavian) Dweller at the Brown Ridge [Old English brún or Old Norse brúnn + Old English hrycg or Old Norse hrygg-r]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in North England (“Brown Ridge”).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Local: "the brown ridge."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cumberland.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Brownrigg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brownrigg occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brownrigg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 149,714th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,470,355 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Brownrigg reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 35 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 959 people, or 1 in 377,955. In The United States Brownrigg is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 8 percent reside, Florida, where 6 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 5 percent reside. Aside from The United States Brownrigg occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent reside and Canada, where 18 percent reside.

Brownrigg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brownrigg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brownrigg surname increased 578 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 127 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brownrigg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (68%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Brownrigg last name are 9.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.57% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brownrigg earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning R 250,008 per year; in United States they earn 10.45% more than the national average, earning $47,660 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.01% more than the national average, earning $53,164 CAD per year.

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