Brunswick Surname

175,097th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,448 people bear this surname

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

Brunswick Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Brunschweig (Bruno's country), a city and former state in Germany.

Brunswick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9301:187,80318,657
France1681:395,37358,261
England1171:476,22330,919
Australia521:519,14839,018
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Mexico261:4,774,08528,474
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Wales81:386,81619,671
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2321:216,46018,492

Brunswick (38) may also be a first name.

Brunswick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Brunschweig (Bruno's country), a city and former state in Germany.

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

Some traders so called appear in the Lond. Direct., and seem to be of German origin.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Brunswick Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brunswick occurs most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brunswick? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brunswick is the 175,097th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,976,939 people. The surname Brunswick occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Brunswick live; 75 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. Brunswick is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 38 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,930 people, or 1 in 187,803. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 25 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 25 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Brunswick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brunswick has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brunswick last name grew 832 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 225 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brunswick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Brunswick surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Brunswick last name are 17.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brunswick earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 10.59% less than the national average, earning R 212,484 per year; in United States they earn 3.59% more than the national average, earning $44,698 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.18% more than the national average, earning $56,726 CAD per year.

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