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.
- bruins999Bruins Demographics
Average Male Bruins Height
181.52 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bruins Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bruins Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bruins is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Bruins click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bruins? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 75,044th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,113,452 people. The last name Bruins is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Bruins reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Bruins is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 4,661 people, or 1 in 3,623. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Overijssel, where 23 percent live, Gelderland, where 16 percent live and Drenthe, where 14 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Bruins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bruins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bruins surname increased 1,988 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bruins Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bruins last name are 15.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.69% registered with the political 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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