Brunks Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brunks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brunks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Brunks Last Name Facts

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

Brunks (Russian: Брункс) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brunks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. Brunks occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Brunks are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Brunks is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 7,249,179. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 28 percent are found, New York, where 20 percent are found and Florida, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Brunks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brunks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brunks surname grew 556 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brunks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brunks last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% being registered with the political party.

Brunks earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 39.68% more than the national average, earning $60,271 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bruncks9216/
Brungs831,155/
Bronks83152/
Broungs771/
Broonks771/
Bhraunxs718/
Broncs674/
Brongs673/
Bronx551/
Broonx500/

Brunks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brunks in the Russian language
Брунксbrunks-

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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 Brunks
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