Brun Surname
Approximately 78,322 people bear this surname
Brun Surname Definition:
(French) Brown [French brun, from Teutonic: see under Braun]
Brun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 45,284 | 1:1,467 | 80 |
| Switzerland | 3,426 | 1:2,397 | 275 |
| Iran | 3,140 | 1:24,453 | 3,073 |
| United States | 3,136 | 1:115,580 | 12,476 |
| Italy | 2,549 | 1:23,992 | 4,227 |
| Argentina | 2,547 | 1:16,782 | 1,459 |
| Brazil | 2,198 | 1:97,395 | 3,660 |
| Uruguay | 1,937 | 1:1,772 | 219 |
| Spain | 1,558 | 1:30,008 | 3,057 |
| Haiti | 1,379 | 1:7,748 | 891 |
| Canada | 1,281 | 1:28,763 | 3,783 |
| Denmark | 1,142 | 1:4,943 | 447 |
| Norway | 1,100 | 1:4,675 | 434 |
| Philippines | 799 | 1:126,706 | 21,711 |
| Colombia | 750 | 1:63,699 | 2,924 |
| Germany | 612 | 1:131,545 | 16,013 |
| Australia | 424 | 1:63,669 | 7,638 |
| Sweden | 399 | 1:24,679 | 2,006 |
| Ukraine | 380 | 1:119,797 | 16,995 |
| Benin | 361 | 1:28,630 | 3,801 |
| Paraguay | 354 | 1:20,443 | 827 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Russia | 295 | 1:488,553 | 45,272 |
| Mexico | 262 | 1:473,764 | 8,730 |
| Bolivia | 260 | 1:40,832 | 2,432 |
| Belgium | 219 | 1:52,496 | 8,576 |
| England | 186 | 1:299,559 | 22,824 |
| Peru | 163 | 1:194,995 | 9,124 |
| Chile | 162 | 1:108,744 | 4,033 |
| Venezuela | 155 | 1:194,865 | 5,365 |
| Dominican Republic | 154 | 1:67,746 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | 140 | 1:1,973 | 166 |
| Poland | 123 | 1:309,014 | 36,525 |
| Thailand | 110 | 1:642,167 | 108,371 |
| Cambodia | 108 | 1:143,400 | 2,702 |
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| French Polynesia | 80 | 1:3,510 | 781 |
| Slovenia | 78 | 1:31,893 | 6,353 |
| Austria | 60 | 1:141,924 | 19,117 |
| Guernsey | 59 | 1:1,092 | 205 |
| Mauritius | 45 | 1:28,743 | 5,603 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| Ecuador | 33 | 1:481,995 | 10,698 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Romania | 28 | 1:717,067 | 48,956 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Hungary | 10 | 1:981,628 | 46,877 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 1:505,765 | 19,342 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 29 | 1:152,754 | 8,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 40 | 1:609,384 | 30,680 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:340,292 | 10,329 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 442 | 1:113,617 | 11,247 |
The alternate forms: Brün (70), Brún (11) & Bruń (1) are calculated separately.
Brun (726) may also be a first name.
Brun Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Brown [French brun, from Teutonic: see under Braun]
(German, French, English) Descendant of Brun (brown).
Brun Demographics
Brun Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Brun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brun (Marathi: बरून, Oriya: ବୃନ, Russian: Брун) is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Brün, Brún or Bruń. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,240th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 93,046 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Brun are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 58 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Brun is also the 306,159th most common first name on earth, borne by 726 people.
The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 45,284 people, or 1 in 1,467. In France it is most common in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 31 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 14 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 12 percent are found. Aside from France it is found in 115 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 4 percent are found and Iran, where 4 percent are found.
Brun Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brun has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brun last name expanded 710 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 465 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 24 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brun Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (97%) in Ireland, Orthodox (92%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Brun last name are 3.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.57% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Brun earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 53.89% more than the national average, earning €46,214 per year; in Norway they earn 9.34% more than the national average, earning 378,394 kr per year; in Peru they earn 26.03% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,430 per year; in South Africa they earn 430.07% more than the national average, earning R 1,259,650 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.12% more than the national average, earning $22,956,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.16% more than the national average, earning $45,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.79% less than the national average, earning $46,804 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brun in the Marathi language | ||
| बरून | baruna | 66.67 |
| बृन | brna | 33.33 |
| Brun in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୃନ | brna | 50 |
| ଅରୁଣ | aruna | 50 |
| Brun in the Russian language | ||
| Брун | brun | - |
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Brun Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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