Brune Surname
Approximately 17,792 people bear this surname
Brune Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. (a) Nick.; v. Brown.
Brune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8,285 | 1:9,717 | 1,220 |
| United States | 4,294 | 1:84,411 | 9,559 |
| France | 1,750 | 1:37,956 | 4,695 |
| Israel | 1,132 | 1:7,560 | 1,182 |
| Brazil | 1,044 | 1:205,052 | 7,894 |
| South Africa | 165 | 1:328,350 | 30,751 |
| Netherlands | 163 | 1:103,602 | 16,760 |
| Haiti | 159 | 1:67,194 | 3,727 |
| Norway | 125 | 1:41,138 | 5,882 |
| Ecuador | 107 | 1:148,653 | 7,073 |
| Argentina | 55 | 1:777,153 | 51,982 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Mauritius | 45 | 1:28,743 | 5,603 |
| Australia | 45 | 1:599,904 | 42,958 |
| Uruguay | 41 | 1:83,701 | 8,547 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Iceland | 32 | 1:11,878 | 1,089 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Honduras | 25 | 1:352,658 | 2,892 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 474 | 1:105,947 | 10,641 |
The alternate forms: Brüne (1,082), Bruné (36), Brunê (1), Brunè (1) & Brūne (1) are calculated separately.
Brune (559) may also be a first name.
Brune Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. (a) Nick.; v. Brown.
(German, French, English) Descendant of Brun (brown).
Brune Demographics
Brune Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Brune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brune (Arabic: برون, Russian: Бруне) is found most frequently in Germany. It may be found as: Brüne, Bruné, Brunê, Brunè or Brūne. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brune? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 30,043rd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 409,597 people. The surname Brune occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Brune live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 355,721st most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 559 people.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 8,285 people, or 1 in 9,717. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside and Hesse, where 3 percent reside. Barring Germany this last name exists in 62 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent reside and France, where 10 percent reside.
Brune Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brune has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brune surname rose 906 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brune Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Brune last name are 22.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.5% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Brune earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 1.16% less than the national average, earning 342,073 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.21% more than the national average, earning R 302,292 per year; in United States they earn 6.26% more than the national average, earning $45,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.81% more than the national average, earning $58,533 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brune Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brune in the Russian language | ||
| Бруне | brune | - |
| Brune in the Arabic language | ||
| برون | brwn | - |
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Brune Reference & Research
Brown-Browne-Braun FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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