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Is Brown a Male or Female Name?

Brown is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Brown globally is 77.5% males and 22.5% females. The country with the highest male ratio is South Africa with 84.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 34.7%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Brown in percentages: Globally: 77.5% males, 22.5% females, United States: 65.3% males, 34.7% females, Nigeria: 77.0% males, 23.0% females, United Kingdom: 78.2% males, 21.8% females, South Africa: 84.9% males, 15.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Brown are 35-44 years old, making up 22.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Brown in each age group: 18-24: 7.2%, 25-34: 12.7%, 35-44: 22.4%, 45-54: 21.5%, 55-64: 21.6%, 65+: 14.6%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Brown is Nigeria with 0.0183% of the population. Following is South Africa and United States.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Brown measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Brown year over year: 1956: 0.0015‰, 1957: 0.0028‰, 1958: 0.0035‰, 1959: 0.0019‰, 1960: 0.0053‰, 1961: 0.0024‰, 1962: 0.0029‰, 1963: 0.0028‰, 1964: 0.0027‰, 1965: 0.0041‰, 1966: 0.0024‰, 1967: 0.0024‰, 1968: 0.0029‰, 1969: 0.0022‰, 1970: 0.003‰, 1971: 0.0022‰, 1972: 0.0028‰, 1973: 0.0025‰, 1974: 0.0026‰, 1975: 0.0031‰, 1976: 0.0032‰, 1977: 0.0028‰, 1978: 0.0035‰, 1979: 0.0031‰, 1980: 0.0039‰, 1981: 0.003‰, 1982: 0.004‰, 1983: 0.003‰, 1984: 0.003‰, 1985: 0.0032‰, 1986: 0.0028‰, 1987: 0.0028‰, 1988: 0.0028‰, 1989: 0.0022‰, 1990: 0.0024‰, 1991: 0.002‰, 1992: 0.002‰, 1993: 0.0015‰, 1994: 0.0012‰, 1995: 0.0005‰, 1996: 0.0005‰, 1997: 0.0005‰, 1998: 0.0006‰, 1999: 0.001‰, 2000: 0.0011‰

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