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 has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may be found in the variant forms: Bruhwiler. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brühwiler? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 267,533rd most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,991,470 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Brühwiler are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Brühwiler is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 1,435 people, or 1 in 5,723. In Switzerland Brühwiler is primarily concentrated in: Canton of St Gallen, where 34 percent are found, Canton of Thurgau, where 28 percent are found and Canton of Zürich, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Switzerland this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Liechtenstein, where 0 percent are found.
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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