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

Brunke (Russian: Брунке) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Brünke. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brunke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 88,108th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,336,184 people. The last name Brunke is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Brunke reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 36 people.

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

Brunke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brunke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brunke surname grew 1,174 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brunke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brunke last name are 17.4% more likely to be registered Republicans 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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