de Bruin Surname

14,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37,822 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Bruin Surname Definition:

Brune, or Bruijn (Dutch/Flemish), le Brun, (French), the Brown. Brunelleschi (Italian), Sons of Brown. Bruijnooge (Dutch/Flemish), Brown eyes. (variant: Braun.)

de Bruin 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
Netherlands18,9081:89334
South Africa16,2891:3,326438
Australia3661:73,7598,665
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
United States2441:1,485,487101,350
France2041:325,60249,364
England1841:302,81622,992
Belgium1551:74,17211,801
Canada1421:259,47624,513
Namibia1341:17,9813,138
New Zealand1261:35,9396,159
Suriname961:5,7561,347
Germany661:1,219,78078,810
Sweden651:151,48910,616
Brazil641:3,344,91195,290
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Thailand511:1,385,066192,885
Spain381:1,230,31741,658
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Trinidad and Tobago171:80,2345,870
Ecuador131:1,223,52716,126
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Hungary101:981,62846,877
Norway101:514,22941,629
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Denmark81:705,58939,626
China71:195,331,65210,124
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Grenada41:27,1341,180
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malta11:430,2723,380
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

de Bruin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Brune, or Bruijn (Dutch/Flemish), le Brun, (French), the Brown. Brunelleschi (Italian), Sons of Brown. Bruijnooge (Dutch/Flemish), Brown eyes. (variant: Braun.)

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
DNA test information
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de Bruin Demographics

Average Male de Bruin Height

178.07 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 72 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Bruin Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Bruin has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name de Bruin is the 14,733rd most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 192,680 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 52 percent of de Bruin live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 18,908 people, or 1 in 893. In The Netherlands it is most common in: South Holland, where 36 percent live, Gelderland, where 13 percent live and North Holland, where 13 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands de Bruin exists in 70 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 43 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

de Bruin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Bruin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Bruin surname rose 718 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 4,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Bruin Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Bruin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.1% less than the national average, earning 293,832 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.25% more than the national average, earning R 328,536 per year; in United States they earn 72.2% more than the national average, earning $74,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.43% more than the national average, earning $53,871 CAD 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 Bruijn9416,726/
de Bruine941,109/
de Bruiyn9417/
de Brujin941/
de Bruiin941/
de Brun93509/
de Brin932/
de Bruijne891,749/
de Bruiijn891/
de Bruyn8826,632/
De-Bruin8874/
de Brion8854/
de Bruim8849/
de Brune8844/
de Broin8834/
de Brijn8812/
de Braun889/
de Brein888/
de Brine885/
de Bruen885/
de Brink883/
de Brain883/
de Vruin881/
de Brunn881/
de Bruÿn881/
de Bruyne826,293/
de Bruïne8235/
de Braine8217/
de Breuyn8216/
De-Bruijn8210/
de Brundt827/
de Braune824/
da Bruine821/
de Bruyan821/
der Brink821/
De-Bruine821/
de Brunhe821/
de Brijne821/
de Bruyen821/
de Brum802,310/
de Brún8043/
de Bryn8015/
de Vrin8014/
de Bron808/
de Brim803/
De-Brun802/
de Brün801/
de Bruynne782/
de Bruggen782/
de Britten781/
di Brina75275/
de Bruym7557/
de Breyn7518/
de Broen7515/
De-Bruyn7515/
de Bryne7512/
de Brüyn753/
di Brujn751/
De-Brune751/
da Brain751/
de Braum751/
de Bryen751/
da Braun751/
de Bressing7435/
de Breyne71146/
De-Bruyne716/
de Brenne716/
de Brem6775/
da Brum671/
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