Bruyère Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Bruyère Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bruyère Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium5531:20,7903,214
France1661:400,13758,863
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Bruyere (7,827) & Bruyére (4) are calculated separately.

Bruyère Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bruyère occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Bruyere or Bruyére. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bruyère? popularity and diffusion

Bruyère is the 438,351st most commonly held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 9,319,112 people. The last name Bruyère occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Bruyère live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 553 people, or 1 in 20,790. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 88 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 10 percent reside and Flemish Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Belgium it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in France, where 21 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bruyere957,827/
Bruyére954/
Bruyères933/
Bruyre9254/
Bruysre860/
Bruyr83301/
Bruyeres80131/
Bruyerre80109/
Brouyere8040/
Bruyiere801/
Bruyer771,213/
Bruere771,092/
Breure77846/
Braure77582/
Bryere7751/
Breyre7727/
Broure772/
Bruyor770/
Brayre770/
Bruire770/
Brauere7178/
Bruerre7166/
Bruireu7142/
Breyare7134/
Bruyeer7133/
Brayere7114/
Bruiere719/
Breyere719/
Broyere715/
Brouyer715/
Braurer714/
Briyere712/
Breurer712/
Brourer711/
Brujere711/
Brouyor711/
Breuret711/
Bruyeri710/
Breurey710/
Bryer673,261/
Bruer671,684/
Breur671,074/
Brire67225/
Bruhiere6761/
Brare6757/
Brour6752/
Braur6749/
Bruggere679/
Brujiere671/
Brouyari671/
Brouyard671/
Brauerei671/
Brayr671/
Breuresh671/

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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 Bruyère
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