de Brum Surname

183,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,310 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

de Brum Surname Definition:

Van der Bruyn is an archaic form of the Dutch 'bruin' (brown.) Though now rare in The Netherlands, it has survived in the corrupted form of [de] Brum, via a Dutch merchant from Maastricht, Wilhelm van der Bruyn, who settled on the Azores (Portugal).

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de Brum 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
Brazil1,6081:133,1315,071
Marshall Islands4471:1162
Uruguay1421:24,1672,825
Paraguay381:190,4413,605
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Northern Mariana Islands111:4,962486
France91:7,380,302306,885
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
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de Brum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Van der Bruyn is an archaic form of the Dutch 'bruin' (brown.) Though now rare in The Netherlands, it has survived in the corrupted form of [de] Brum, via a Dutch merchant from Maastricht, Wilhelm van der Bruyn, who settled on the Azores (Portugal). The Portuguese referred to him as Guilherme de Brum. A great many descendants made their way to the colonies of South America where the name has ramified strongly.

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de Brum Demographics

Average de Brum Salary in
United States

$50,703 USD

Per year
Rank:
386,385 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
4.75612E-6
Rank: 657,853 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
117.5%
Sample size: 8 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Brum Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Brum is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 183,796th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,154,782 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 79 percent of de Brum reside; 78 percent reside in South America and 70 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 1,608 people, or 1 in 133,131. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 71 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 9 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 5 percent are found. Beside Brazil de Brum exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The Marshall Islands, where 19 percent are found and Uruguay, where 6 percent are found.

de Brum Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Brum earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 17.51% more than the national average, earning $50,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.69% more than the national average, earning $50,028 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 Bruym9357/
de Bruim9349/
de Braum931/
de Brun86509/
da Brum861/
de Brom861/
de Bruin8037,822/
de Bruyn8026,632/
de Brune8044/
de Braun809/
De-Bruym801/
de Bruÿn801/
de Brunn801/
de Bruijn7516,726/
de Bruyne756,293/
de Bruine751,109/
de Bruïne7535/
de Brundt757/
de Braune754/
de Broome753/
de Brunhe751/
de Bruijne711,749/
de Brún7143/
de Bron718/
De-Brun712/
de Bruynne712/
de Brün711/
de Vroom67420/
De-Bruin6774/
De-Bruyn6715/
de Broen6715/
de Brüyn673/
di Brujn671/
De-Brune671/
de Vruin671/
da Braun671/
de Vroome63498/
De-Bruijn6310/
De-Bruyne636/
De-Bruine631/
da Bruine631/
De-Vroom531/
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