Brú Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Iceland

Brú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Bru (13,261), Brû (1) & Brù (1) are calculated separately.

Brú Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brú occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Bru, Brû or Brù. For other possible spellings of Brú click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brú? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brú is the 3,432,070th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Brú is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Brú reside; 67 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 67 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most common in Spain, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 2,125,093. In Spain Brú is most frequent in: Catalonia, where 55 percent live, Valencian Community, where 32 percent live and Madrid, where 9 percent live. Other than Spain this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 9 percent live and Colombia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bru8913,261/
Brû891/
Brù891/
Barú867/
Ború861/
Burú861/
Brúa861/
Brúh861/
Br807,459/
Barúa7527/
Berrú7516/
Brúha754/
Beirú751/
Bar67128,764/
Bor67107,058/
Bir6755,962/
Bär6723,328/
Ber6717,825/
Bur6716,317/
Bro6711,995/
Bhr676,855/
Bra675,053/
Bry673,511/
Bre672,157/
Bri671,787/
Brä671,323/
Bür671,045/
Bőr67209/
Bár67175/
Brh67163/
Brå67118/
Brw67111/
Bór67100/
Bér6789/
Byr6788/
Búr6787/
Bré6779/
Bör6758/
Hbr6749/
Brö6737/
Bær6730/
Brr6723/
Bbr6718/
Pbr6716/
Wbr679/
Bîr675/
Bwr675/
Brø675/
Brá673/
Brò672/
Brè671/
Bãr671/
Bèr671/
Bår671/
Brô671/
Brê671/
Bró671/

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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 Brú
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis