Bruurs Surname

621,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 494 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bruurs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bruurs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3231:52,2828,957
Belgium1491:77,15912,193
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bruurs Last Name Facts

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

Bruurs is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bruurs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 621,618th most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,752,117 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Bruurs reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Bruurs is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 52,282. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 76 percent live, Limburg, where 11 percent live and North Holland, where 4 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 30 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brurs9116/
Bruers83551/
Brurås83109/
Breurs833/
Brours831/
Brujrs831/
Braurs830/
Brhurst771/
Brors73482/
Brirs731/
Broers675,001/
Briers674,610/
Broors676/
Briërs671/
Brurce670/
Broersz629/
Brürsch621/

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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
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  • 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 Bruurs
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