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 occurs most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bruins? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 75,044th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,113,452 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 76 percent of Bruins reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 4,661 people, or 1 in 3,623. In The Netherlands Bruins is primarily concentrated in: Overijssel, where 23 percent are found, Gelderland, where 16 percent are found and Drenthe, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.
Bruins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bruins has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing 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 holding the Bruins last name are 15.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.69% being 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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