Bruña Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Panama

Bruña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bruña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1901:532,83360,943
Panama721:54,3372,580
Argentina491:872,31556,573
Spain411:1,140,29440,056
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Bruna (16,256), Bruņa (1), Bruñá (1), Brůna (234), Brúna (60), Brüna (36) & Brūna (6) are calculated separately.

Bruña Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bruña occurs most in The Philippines. It may be rendered as: Bruna, Bruņa, Bruñá, Brůna, Brúna, Brüna or Brūna. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bruña? popularity and diffusion

Bruña is the 793,288th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Bruña live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

It is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 532,833. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Bicol, where 38 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 27 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 16 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines Bruña exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 20 percent are found and Argentina, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bruna9316,256/
Bruņa931/
Bruñá931/
Bruñas9134/
Bruñia912/
Brůna87234/
Brúna8760/
Brüna8736/
Brūna876/
Bruñach831/
Bruño80138/
Bruñó805/
Brauna732,382/
Brunat73861/
Brunga73453/
Brunas73419/
Brugna73356/
Brunia73351/
Brunau7390/
Brunay7367/
Brunya7349/
Brunea7345/
Brunai7342/
Bruina7334/
Brunaz7329/
Brunna7327/
Brumna733/
Brumha732/
Brunoa732/
Brunap731/
Brouna731/
Brutna731/
Brunha731/
Brunah731/
Brruna731/
Brusna730/
Bruneau6727,401/
Brunaud671,856/
Brunaux67334/
Brunias6799/
Brunais6798/
Brunath6794/
Brungaj6731/
Bruinja6722/
Brunaha6719/
Brunjai6718/
Braunas6715/
Braunna6712/
Brungaa679/
Brunach678/
Brunaut674/
Brunatt672/
Brounga672/
Breunna671/
Brumnas671/
Breunia671/
Brunahe671/
Brungau671/
Brunnah671/
Brusnya671/
Brouina671/
Braunau671/
Brounia671/
Brunnau671/
Bruttna671/
Braunia671/
Brunass670/
Brunnay670/
Brunjas670/

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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 Bruña
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