Brunings Surname

600,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 518 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

Brunings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brunings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname2361:2,342324
Netherlands1921:87,95414,558
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Brünings (259) are calculated separately.

Brunings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brunings has its highest incidence in Suriname. It can be rendered as: Brünings. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brunings? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brunings is the 600,164th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,068,621 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Brunings are found; 49 percent are found in South America and 46 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America.

The surname is most widely held in Suriname, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 2,342. Aside from Suriname this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 37 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Brunings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brunings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brunings last name rose 580 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brunings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brunings surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brunings earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.66% less than the national average, earning R 169,536 per year and in United States they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning $44,786 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Brunings
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