Brolin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: James, US actor

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈbɹoʊɫɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Brolin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 4.3K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 111K
  • DKDenmark1 in 345K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

2,365 people

Sources
22 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

James, US actor

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Brolin 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.

Where Brolin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden2,3651 in 4.3K2.4KBrolin9
US United States3401 in 978K348Brolin14
FI Finland501 in 111K50—1
BR Brazil321 in 6.6M32Brolin14
DK Denmark171 in 345K17——
NO Norway81 in 683K8—1

2,365 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Brolin is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Sweden, United States, Benin

    Also written Brôlin

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Estonia

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Brõlin

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Andreas Johan Brolin, b. 1844John Leonard Brolin, b. 1867Ulf Sven Ivar Brolin, b. 1929James Brolin, b. 1940Åsa Brolin, b. 1941Josh Brolin, b. 1968Tomas Brolin, b. 1969Anna Brolin, b. 1980Eden Brolin, b. 1994Samuel Brolin, b. 2000

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)

FormalDear Brolin,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Brolin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—2.4K#439
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020348#62,198
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000348#55,237
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010340#59,470
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—50#22,641
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—32#142,633
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—17#26,170
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—8#62,183
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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

What does the name Brolin mean, and where does it come from?
James, US actor Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
How common is the name Brolin?
In Sweden, the national register counted 2,365 people named Brolin, about 1 in 4.3 thousand residents.
How do you pronounce Brolin?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹoʊɫɪn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Brolin have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Brolin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brolin.
Where is Brolin most common?
Brolin is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.3 thousand people carrying it.

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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, “Brolin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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