Brühwiler Surname
Approximately 1,460 people bear this surname
Brühwiler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1,435 | 1:5,723 | 879 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Liechtenstein | 6 | 1:6,396 | 809 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Bruhwiler (67) are calculated separately.
Brühwiler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brühwiler Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brühwiler is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bruhwiler. Click here to see other possible spellings of Brühwiler.
How Common Is The Last Name Brühwiler? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brühwiler is the 267,533rd most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 4,991,470 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brühwiler reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Brühwiler is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is carried by 1,435 people, or 1 in 5,723. In Switzerland it is most numerous in: Canton of St Gallen, where 34 percent reside, Canton of Thurgau, where 28 percent reside and Canton of Zürich, where 21 percent reside. Beside Switzerland this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Liechtenstein, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruhwiler | 96 | 67 | / |
| Brühwiller | 95 | 17 | / |
| Brühweiler | 95 | 10 | / |
| Bruehwiler | 84 | 51 | / |
| Brushwiler | 84 | 16 | / |
| Bruhweiler | 84 | 2 | / |
| Brushweiler | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bruschwiler | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bruhwyler | 78 | 4 | / |
| Bruschweiler | 76 | 25 | / |
| Brauweiler | 74 | 549 | / |
| Brushwyler | 74 | 22 | / |
| Broweiller | 74 | 0 | / |
| Broweler | 71 | 0 | / |
| Brushviller | 70 | 0 | / |
| Brueviller | 63 | 0 | / |
| Briville | 59 | 1 | / |
| Bruvele | 50 | 204 | / |
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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 Brühwiler
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