Brinks
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymischer Familienname: zu Brink ‘Böschung, Hang, Rand, Erhebung’ bzw
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈbɹɪŋks/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brinks is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Sudan than in any other country, where it is the 9th most common surname.
- NLNetherlands1 in 13K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 278K
- SSSouth Sudan≈1 in 6.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Sudan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 223 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Sudan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymischer Familienname: zu Brink ‘Böschung, Hang, Rand, Erhebung’ bzw. zu einem Ortsnamen; 189 Träger. Varianten/Belege: Brin(c)ks.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brinks counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS South Sudan | #9 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Brinks | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 1,286 | 1 in 13K | 1.3K | Brinks | 54 |
| US United States | — | 1,196 | 1 in 278K | 1.2K | Brinks | 223 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈89 est. | ≈1 in 736K | — | Brinks | 22 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 433K | — | Brinks | 25 |
| DK Denmark | — | 75 | 1 in 78K | 75 | — | — |
| NO Norway | — | 22 | 1 in 249K | 22 | — | 3 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Brinks | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Brinks is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, clipping of brincadeira (“just kidding; just joking”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In jam, sugar daddy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Izsauksmes vārds, ko lieto ledus lūšanas trokšņa raksturošanai
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kuno Brinksb. 1908NLDutch graphic designer and draughtsperson (1908–1992)
- Roel Brinksb. 1954NLDutch football player
- Elias Brinksb. 1955NLDutch astrophysicist
- Winnie Brinksb. 1968USAmerican politician (born 1968)
- Ralph Brinksb. 1973DEresearcher
- Kimberly Brinksb. 1990USAmerican pornographic actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 1.3K | #1,242 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.2K | #21,799 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,750 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #21,565 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 75 | #7,202 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 22 | #41,032 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Brinks?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹɪŋks/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Brinks mean?
- Recorded meaning: Toponymischer Familienname: zu Brink ‘Böschung, Hang, Rand, Erhebung’ bzw.
- In which country does Brinks have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Brinks in South Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brinks.
- How common is the name Brinks?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,286 people named Brinks in 2007, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
- How common is Brinks compared with other names?
- In South Sudan, Brinks is the 9th most common surname of 3,406 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brinks” — the 9th most common surname in South Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.