Bruijstens Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bruijstens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bruijstens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2841:59,46210,237
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Curaçao11:157,2471,313

Bruijstens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bruijstens is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bruijstens.

How Common Is The Last Name Bruijstens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bruijstens is the 914,967th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. Bruijstens is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Bruijstens are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Bruijstens is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 284 people, or 1 in 59,462. In The Netherlands Bruijstens is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 37 percent reside, South Holland, where 26 percent reside and North Holland, where 14 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bruistens952/
Bruystens8491/
Britens820/
Brittens782/
Britins711/
Brutence671/
Breitenseher6485/
Breitench632/
Bretins591/
Brytynsh561/

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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 Bruijstens
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