Distribution of the name 'Brain'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Brain' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Brain'
In the UK there are 1,593 phone book entries with the surname Brain and approximately 6,937 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Brain is the 1,344. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 59 counties. Most occurrences are in Gloucestershire: 392.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are West Midlands (142), West Yorkshire (96), Hereford and Worcester (93), Greater London (60), Warwickshire (51), Gwent (51), Wiltshire (50), Staffordshire (46), as well as Oxfordshire (46).
The following surnames sound like Brain: Brown, Brian, Brien, Byrne, Bryan, Browne, Bourne, Barron, Burn, Broom, Baron, Breen, Broome, Barham, Byron, Birnie, Boreham, Byrom, Barn, Brewin, Beirne, Brawn, Barney, Braham, Brine, Bareham, Bryn, Bruno, Bourn, Burney.
The distribution of the name 'Brain' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Brain in the counties
| Gloucestershire - The surname Brain is is the 104. most common name - 392 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Brain is is the 678. most common name - 142 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Brain is is the 1386. most common name - 96 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Brain is is the 560. most common name - 93 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Brain is is the 2713. most common name - 60 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Brain is is the 295. most common name - 51 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Brain is is the 304. most common name - 51 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Brain is is the 550. most common name - 50 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Brain is is the 783. most common name - 46 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Brain is is the 408. most common name - 46 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Brain is the 365. most common name - 42 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Brain is the 861. most common name - 31 persons |
| Devon - The surname Brain is the 1110. most common name - 31 persons |
| Kent - The surname Brain is the 2295. most common name - 31 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Brain is the 1706. most common name - 31 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Brain is the 1911. most common name - 21 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Brain is the 2186. most common name - 21 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Brain is the 3461. most common name - 19 persons |
| Central - The surname Brain is the 3526. most common name - 18 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Brain is the 1965. most common name - 17 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Brain is the 2160. most common name - 17 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Brain is the 4695. most common name - 16 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Brain is the 2706. most common name - 15 persons |
| Durham - The surname Brain is the 1253. most common name - 15 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Brain is the 1997. most common name - 15 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Brain is the 4599. most common name - 13 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Brain is the 1502. most common name - 13 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Brain is the 1888. most common name - 13 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Brain is the 1067. most common name - 12 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Brain is the 1839. most common name - 12 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Brain is is the 2570. most common name - 12 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Brain is is the 2401. most common name - 12 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Brain is is the 3388. most common name - 11 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Brain is is the 196. most common name - 10 persons |
| Essex - The surname Brain is is the 5980. most common name - 8 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Brain is is the 4437. most common name - 8 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Brain is is the 2624. most common name - 7 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Brain is is the 5117. most common name - 7 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Brain is is the 4982. most common name - 6 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Brain is is the 5620. most common name - 6 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Brain is is the 2666. most common name - 6 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Brain is is the 5815. most common name - 6 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Brain is is the 3881. most common name - 6 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Brain is is the 840. most common name - 5 persons |
| Avon - The surname Brain is is the 529. most common name - 5 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Brain is is the 3385. most common name - 5 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Brain is is the 4517. most common name - 5 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Brain is is the 1627. most common name - 5 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Brain is is the 2292. most common name - 5 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Brain is is the 3025. most common name - 4 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Brain is is the 5420. most common name - 4 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Brain is is the 1031. most common name - 4 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Brain is is the 4894. most common name - 4 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Brain is is the 5458. most common name - 3 persons |
| Powys - The surname Brain is is the 1441. most common name - 3 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Brain is is the 2900. most common name - 2 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Brain is is the 3455. most common name - 2 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Brain is is the 4372. most common name - 1 person |
| County Antrim - The surname Brain is is the 8169. most common name - 1 person |
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