Bruns Surname

10,019th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Bruns Surname Definition:

(German, French, English) Descendant of Brun (brown).

Bruns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany36,5621:2,202191
United States16,3461:22,1742,785
Netherlands9971:16,9382,626
Brazil5221:410,10415,575
Canada2841:129,73813,514
Australia2671:101,10711,415
England2371:235,09719,437
Spain891:525,30425,940
Thailand761:929,452144,548
Russia731:1,974,288123,658
France701:948,896108,010
Denmark521:108,55210,139
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Switzerland451:182,50916,410
Sweden411:240,16516,652
New Zealand401:113,20814,508
Latvia391:52,5657,946
Luxembourg341:17,0753,795
Poland311:1,226,08978,991
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Israel251:342,30528,607
Austria231:370,23639,193
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Norway171:302,48730,120
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
Ukraine101:4,552,270216,874
Finland101:549,67032,186
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Wales41:773,63329,106
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
China21:683,660,78330,601
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7001:29,5403,594

The alternate forms: Brüns (699) & Brūns (5) are calculated separately.

Bruns (71) may also be a first name.

Bruns Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, French, English) Descendant of Brun (brown).

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

Bruns Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bruns (Russian: Брунс) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Brüns or Brūns. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bruns? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,019th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 129,794 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 68 percent of Bruns are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Bruns is also the 1,152,838th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 71 people.

The last name Bruns is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 36,562 people, or 1 in 2,202. In Germany Bruns is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 54 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Bremen, where 3 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 67 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Bruns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bruns has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bruns surname expanded 962 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 878 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bruns Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Bruns surname are 22.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.09% registered with the party.

The amount Bruns earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31.17% more than the national average, earning 453,952 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 51.93% less than the national average, earning R 114,228 per year; in United States they earn 5.52% more than the national average, earning $45,532 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.28% less than the national average, earning $49,542 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brüns93699/
Brūns935/
Bruins916,545/
Brauns915,023/
Brouns913,126/
Bruyns912,749/
Bruhns912,296/
Brunst91726/
Brunse91173/
Brunæs9173/
Brunsz9163/
Brunsh9156/
Brunsø9121/
Bruuns9119/
Brunns915/
Breuns912/
Bruëns911/
Brunsch831,094/
Bruijns83892/
Bruinse83100/
Braunns8370/
Brouhns8350/
Braunst8320/
Bruynse8316/
Braunss839/
Braunsz831/
Brunsdt830/
Brons803,828/
Brunz80498/
Brums8023/
Bruijnse7738/
Braunsch7729/
Brunsová771/
Brunsche770/
Broens731,447/
Brunje73137/
Braunz7362/
Brunce7357/
Brunch7348/
Broons7338/
Bronsh7328/
Brüyns739/
Brühns736/
Braunš735/
Bronsz733/
Braums733/
Braunß732/
Vruins731/
Brunze731/
Brounsová712/
Bronsch67130/
Brounce6789/
Brünsch6776/
Bruinje6746/
Breumsø6714/
Bruynje678/
Braunch674/
Brunche673/
Brounze672/
Brumsch671/

Bruns Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bruns in the Russian language
Брунсbruns-

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Bruns Reference & Research

Bruns FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Brunson FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Bruns FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Brunson FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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