Brühl Surname

81,193rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,987 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brühl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brühl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,8271:13,8161,802
Austria341:250,45429,541
Belgium331:348,38338,592
Denmark281:201,59716,538
Switzerland271:304,18224,091
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1181:425,58231,158

Brühl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brühl is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brühl? popularity and diffusion

Brühl is the 81,193rd most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,217,228 people. The last name Brühl is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Brühl reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 5,827 people, or 1 in 13,816. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live, Hesse, where 19 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Brühl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brühl has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brühl surname declined 99 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brül892/
Bröhl801,428/
Brüll801,146/
Brehl80866/
Bryhl8083/
Brüld802/
Brihl800/
Brühlová774/
Brühlova771/
Brl7594/
Bruehl73814/
Broehl73223/
Briehl73211/
Breehl73136/
Brehel7356/
Breuhl7344/
Bruihl7322/
Bryl676,902/
Brel674,935/
Bril674,334/
Brhlová67122/
Brýl6725/
Brél677/
Brhlova672/
Brlp671/
Brll671/
Vrhl671/

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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 Brühl
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