Bruins Surname
Approximately 6,545 people bear this surname
Bruins Surname User-submission:
Bruins means 'bear'. It came from the Dutch and people who wore brown were called bruins.
Bruins Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4,661 | 1:3,623 | 327 |
| United States | 994 | 1:364,647 | 32,446 |
| Australia | 244 | 1:110,638 | 12,326 |
| Canada | 189 | 1:194,950 | 19,131 |
| Germany | 159 | 1:506,324 | 43,083 |
| South Africa | 91 | 1:595,359 | 45,471 |
| England | 63 | 1:884,414 | 45,970 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 1:251,574 | 23,165 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
Bruins Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bruins means 'bear'. It came from the Dutch and people who wore brown were called bruins.
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Average Bruins Salary in
United States
$46,019 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bruins Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bruins Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bruins has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bruins.
How Common Is The Last Name Bruins? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 75,044th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,113,452 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Bruins reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is held by 4,661 people, or 1 in 3,623. In The Netherlands Bruins is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 23 percent live, Gelderland, where 16 percent live and Drenthe, where 14 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Bruins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bruins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bruins last name grew 1,988 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bruins Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Bruins are 15.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.69% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bruins earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 124.21% more than the national average, earning R 532,800 per year; in United States they earn 6.65% more than the national average, earning $46,019 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.53% more than the national average, earning $51,932 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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