Brunei Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Brunei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Brunei (558) may also be a first name.
Brunei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brunei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brunei is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brunei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Brunei are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 356,054th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 558 people.
Brunei is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 1,179,769. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 92 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 4 percent live and Sabah, where 4 percent live. Barring Malaysia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 39 percent live and Afghanistan, where 8 percent live.
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brunei
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