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
The last name Brunei is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Brunei.
How Common Is The Last Name Brunei? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brunei is the 2,776,799th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Brunei is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Brunei reside; 51 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 51 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Brunei is also the 356,054th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 558 people.
Brunei is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 1,179,769. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 92 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 4 percent live and Sabah, where 4 percent live. Barring Malaysia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common 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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