Brüwer Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Brüwer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 316 | 1:254,764 | 27,480 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
The alternate forms: Bruwer (6,976) & Bruwér (1) are calculated separately.
Brüwer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brüwer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brüwer has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms: Bruwer or Bruwér. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brüwer? popularity and diffusion
Brüwer is the 835,661st most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. The surname Brüwer occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Brüwer live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 254,764. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 56 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruwer | 94 | 6,976 | / |
| Brüwwer | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bruwér | 89 | 1 | / |
| Brower | 83 | 22,457 | / |
| Briwer | 83 | 2 | / |
| Brouwer | 77 | 39,270 | / |
| Bruwier | 77 | 664 | / |
| Bruewer | 77 | 198 | / |
| Breuwer | 77 | 54 | / |
| Brauwer | 77 | 53 | / |
| Browher | 77 | 24 | / |
| Bruweer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bruwere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Browwer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Broewer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Broower | 77 | 1 | / |
| Broweer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Browier | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bruwe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Brouwier | 71 | 38 | / |
| Brouwere | 71 | 22 | / |
| Brauwier | 71 | 12 | / |
| Brauwere | 71 | 6 | / |
| Brouwerr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Brouwear | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bruber | 67 | 167 | / |
| Bruver | 67 | 83 | / |
| Briver | 67 | 75 | / |
| Bruwei | 67 | 3 | / |
| Brouijwer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vrower | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Brüwer
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