Distribution of the name 'Brown'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Brown' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Brown'
In the UK there are 75.470 phone book entries with the surname Brown and approximately 328.668 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Brown is the 5. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 5.355.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Central (4.389), West Yorkshire (3.777), Lancashire (3.049), West Midlands (2.789), Kent (2.335), Strathclyde (2.264), Greater Manchester (2.241), Lothian (2.083), as well as Hampshire (2.070).
The following surnames sound like Brown: Brian, Brien, Byrne, Bryan, Browne, Bourne, Barron, Brain, 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 'Brown' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Brown in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 5.355 persons |
| Central - The surname Brown is is the 6. most common name - 4.389 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Brown is is the 6. most common name - 3.777 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Brown is is the 5. most common name - 3.049 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Brown is is the 6. most common name - 2.789 persons |
| Kent - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 2.335 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 2.264 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 2.241 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 2.083 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 2.070 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Brown is the 3. most common name - 1.943 persons |
| Essex - The surname Brown is the 2. most common name - 1.926 persons |
| Fife - The surname Brown is the 2. most common name - 1.686 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Brown is the 2. most common name - 1.609 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Brown is the 3. most common name - 1.603 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Brown is the 8. most common name - 1.538 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Brown is the 3. most common name - 1.520 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Brown is the 3. most common name - 1.494 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Brown is the 2. most common name - 1.448 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Brown is the 8. most common name - 1.425 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Brown is the 2. most common name - 1.366 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Brown is the 5. most common name - 1.365 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Brown is the 3. most common name - 1.294 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Brown is the 6. most common name - 1.280 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Brown is the 3. most common name - 1.256 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Brown is the 3. most common name - 1.208 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Brown is the 9. most common name - 1.171 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Brown is the 5. most common name - 1.102 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Brown is the 2. most common name - 1.078 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Brown is the 4. most common name - 971 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 932 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 917 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Brown is is the 9. most common name - 913 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Brown is is the 6. most common name - 911 persons |
| Durham - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 907 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Brown is is the 6. most common name - 858 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Brown is is the 5. most common name - 776 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 701 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Brown is is the 5. most common name - 661 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Brown is is the 2. most common name - 648 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Brown is is the 22. most common name - 639 persons |
| Devon - The surname Brown is is the 11. most common name - 623 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Brown is is the 8. most common name - 581 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 515 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Brown is is the 16. most common name - 501 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Brown is is the 21. most common name - 476 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Brown is is the 5. most common name - 472 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Brown is is the 25. most common name - 472 persons |
| County Down - The surname Brown is is the 2. most common name - 408 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Brown is is the 28. most common name - 396 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 387 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Brown is is the 29. most common name - 356 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 296 persons |
| Highland - The surname Brown is is the 24. most common name - 224 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 211 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Brown is is the 28. most common name - 196 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Brown is is the 6. most common name - 195 persons |
| Borders - The surname Brown is is the 3. most common name - 193 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Brown is is the 4. most common name - 168 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Brown is is the 14. most common name - 138 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Brown is is the 18. most common name - 121 persons |
| Powys - The surname Brown is is the 30. most common name - 114 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Brown is is the 2. most common name - 77 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Brown is is the 32. most common name - 75 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Brown is is the 38. most common name - 60 persons |
| Avon - The surname Brown is is the 14. most common name - 57 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Brown is is the 17. most common name - 57 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Brown is is the 32. most common name - 44 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Brown is is the 12. most common name - 32 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Brown is is the 9. most common name - 20 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Brown is is the 130. most common name - 4 persons |
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