de Bruijne Surname

231,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Bruijne Surname User-submission:

De Bruyne is a Dutch surname meaning 'the brown one'. Using the French-Dutch particle de as a prefix that means 'the' and Bruyne that derives from bruin, translated to 'brown'.

de Bruijne Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,6571:10,1911,361
Belgium431:267,36432,244
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
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de Bruijne Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

De Bruyne is a Dutch surname meaning 'the brown one'. Using the French-Dutch particle de as a prefix that means 'the' and Bruyne that derives from bruin, translated to 'brown'.

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de Bruijne Demographics

Average de Bruijne Salary in
South Africa

R 359,544

Per year
Rank:
33,562 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
8.60808E-5
Rank: 69,527 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
151.3%
Sample size: 6 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

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de Bruijne Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Bruijne is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Bruijne? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Bruijne is the 231,164th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,166,693 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Bruijne live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name de Bruijne is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,657 people, or 1 in 10,191. In The Netherlands de Bruijne is most common in: Zeeland, where 24 percent live, South Holland, where 24 percent live and North Holland, where 14 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

de Bruijne Last Name Statistics demography

de Bruijne earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.3% more than the national average, earning R 359,544 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Bruijn9516,726/
de Bruine951,109/
de Brijne951/
de Bruijni9013/
de Bruijin901/
de Bruiijn901/
de Bruin8937,822/
de Brune8944/
de Brijn8912/
de Brine895/
de Bruyne846,293/
de Bruïne8435/
de Braine8417/
de Bruiyn8417/
De-Bruijn8410/
de Braune844/
de Brunes843/
da Bruine841/
de Brunet841/
de Bruiin841/
de Brujin841/
De-Bruine841/
de Brunhe841/
de Brun82509/
de Brienne8040/
de Brunner8034/
des Brunes8012/
de Bruynne802/
de Bruyn7826,632/
De-Bruin7874/
de Bruim7849/
de Brone7847/
de Broin7834/
de Bryne7812/
de Braun789/
de Brein788/
de Bruen785/
de Brain783/
de Bruni782/
de Brunn781/
de Vruin781/
de Bruné781/
de Bruÿn781/
di Brujn781/
De-Brune781/
de Breeijen761/
de Breyne74146/
de Breuyn7416/
de Brundt747/
De-Bruyne746/
de Brunis741/
de Bruyan741/
de Bruyen741/
de Brum712,310/
de Brún7143/
de Bron718/
De-Brun712/
de Brün711/
de Bruggen702/
de Britten701/
De-Brienne701/
de Bruym6757/
de Bressing6735/
de Breyn6718/
De-Bruyn6715/
di Bruna6715/
de Broen6715/
de Brüyn673/
da Braun671/
de Bryen671/
da Brain671/
de Brena671/
de Broni671/
de Braum671/
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