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

Bruyère is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Bruyere or Bruyére. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bruyère.

How Common Is The Last Name Bruyère? popularity and diffusion

Bruyère is the 438,351st most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Bruyère live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most numerous in Belgium, where it is held by 553 people, or 1 in 20,790. In Belgium Bruyère is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 88 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 10 percent live and Flemish Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Belgium this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in France, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

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
  • 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 Bruyère
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