Brüss Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brüss Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brüss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Bruss (3,654) are calculated separately.

Brüss Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brüss occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Bruss. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brüss? popularity and diffusion

Brüss is the 2,394,033rd most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Brüss live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Brüss is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 1,298,475. In Germany Brüss is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent live. Outside of Germany Brüss occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 2 percent live and Venezuela, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bruss933,654/
Brüsse9145/
Brüs891/
Bross805,560/
Brüse80191/
Brüst8029/
Brühs8026/
Brusse731,096/
Breuss73973/
Brüsch73465/
Brauss73284/
Bruess73280/
Broess7380/
Briess7332/
Bruiss7319/
Brouss7312/
Bruuss731/
Brushs731/
Brossh730/
Brruss730/
Brus6711,109/
Brousse678,429/
Bros674,770/
Brüx67281/
Brüß67187/
Brausse6774/
Bruisse6713/
Breusse6711/
Brüe677/
Brós674/
Brüh671/
Broosse671/
Brüschz671/
Brusshe671/
Bruschs670/

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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 Brüss
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