Brünig Surname

346,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,055 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brünig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brünig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,0491:76,7459,705
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

The alternate forms: Brunig (127) are calculated separately.

Brünig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brünig occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Brunig. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brünig? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brünig is the 346,661st most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,907,626 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brünig reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 1,049 people, or 1 in 76,745. In Germany Brünig is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 67 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found and Saxony-Anhalt, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 0 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brunig94127/
Brünnig9254/
Brinig83108/
Bronig831/
Breunig777,394/
Braunig77185/
Bruenig7774/
Brunnig777/
Bruinig772/
Broenig771/
Bronnig770/
Brienig770/
Brünicke7128/
Breunnig718/
Braunieg712/
Braunnig711/
Bruinigs711/
Bronik67290/
Brunik6762/
Bronic6721/
Brunic6714/
Brinic6711/
Brünec677/
Brineg676/
Brunix674/
Bruneg670/
Brinik670/

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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
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  • 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 Brünig
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