Brumstead Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Brumstead Surname Definition:

A parish in Norfolk.

Brumstead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Brumstead Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A parish in Norfolk.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Brumstead Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brumstead is found most frequently in England. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brumstead? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Brumstead occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Brumstead live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 63 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Brumstead is primarily found in: Essex, where 50 percent reside, Norfolk, where 25 percent reside and Northamptonshire, where 25 percent reside. Besides England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent reside and Scotland, where 13 percent reside.

Brumstead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brumstead has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 73 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 84 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brumstead Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Brumstead earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.

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