Brunke Surname

88,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brunke Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of little Brun (brown), or of Bruno, a pet form of names beginning with Brun (brown), as Brunwig and Brunolf.

Brunke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,5781:22,5002,978
United States1,1621:311,92728,585
Canada2051:179,73517,909
Poland1781:213,53228,138
Australia571:473,60936,415
Switzerland431:190,99816,977
Brazil421:5,097,008130,362
Sweden391:252,48117,476
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Netherlands261:649,50753,972
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
England171:3,277,533109,658
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

The alternate forms: Brünke (37) are calculated separately.

Brunke (36) may also be a first name.

Brunke Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of little Brun (brown), or of Bruno, a pet form of names beginning with Brun (brown), as Brunwig and Brunolf.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Brunke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brunke (Russian: Брунке) is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant: Brünke. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brunke? popularity and diffusion

It is the 88,108th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,336,184 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Brunke live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe. Brunke is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 36 people.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 3,578 people, or 1 in 22,500. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 53 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Hamburg, where 5 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Brunke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brunke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,174 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brunke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brunke surname are 17.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.17% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brunke earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 39.11% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,804 per year; in South Africa they earn 297.7% more than the national average, earning R 945,096 per year; in United States they earn 2.39% less than the national average, earning $42,118 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.14% more than the national average, earning $51,739 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brünke9437/
Brunker921,456/
Bruhnke92584/
Bruncke92129/
Braunke9235/
Brunkey9218/
Brunkes9213/
Brunkie9212/
Brunket920/
Brunk916,978/
Bruncker8614/
Brunåker8612/
Brunkest863/
Braunker861/
Brunck83614/
Brunka83510/
Bronke83372/
Brunce8357/
Brunki8320/
Brunky834/
Brunnk834/
Brounk833/
Brumke831/
Brounce7789/
Bronkie7769/
Bronkey7737/
Bruncks7716/
Bruynck7710/
Brunkyi774/
Brunche773/
Braunka771/
Bruinck770/
Brunkay770/
Bronk733,730/
Brung73255/
Brunc7350/
Vrunk731/
Brünk731/
Bruggink712,140/
Brunkova7137/
Brunková7114/
Brunquet716/
Brunkhøj713/
Breusink712/
Braungue711/
Bronckey710/
Brungs671,155/
Bronka67941/
Brunca67247/
Bruncková6733/
Bruing6722/
Vruink678/
Brünck675/
Braung675/
Brounková675/
Brunckova674/
Braunkova674/
Brounkova673/
Breung672/
Brusenkyi671/
Broung671/
Bronki671/
Bronkh671/
Brunquest670/
Broonk670/

Brunke Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brunke in the Russian language
Брункеbrunke-

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