What heritage is "Brown" last name?

heritage inherit , surname not have heritage, word , words come languages , word brown english, country in world had british influence find people named brown.....however may derived language german or french...see below, don't research genealogy surname, 1 identifier of person not one...................

brown
recorded in many spellings brown, broune, , de bruyn, brauner, bruni , brunet, ancient , prolific surname derives, pre 7th century germanic , anglo-saxon word "brun" or olde norse personal name "bruni". name have been nationlistic or tribal nickname person brown complexion or hair, although may have referred habitually wore brown clothing, such monk or cleric. baptismal name brun or latinized brunus, popular name in period upto introduction of surnames in 12th century, see below. irish name holders derive 12th century norman sources. in west browne's descendants of knight called " hugo le brun", amd form 1 of ancient "tribes of galway", recorded in "annals of 9 kings". browne's of killarney form separate branch , descended later elizabethan settler. amongst surname recordings of hugh bron of stafford, england, in year 1274, , hugo brun of erfurt, germany, in 1407. christopher browne recorded being 1 of first settlers in new american colonies. in first listing of colonists of new england shown "living in virginea, on february 16th 1623".the first recorded spelling of family name anywhere in world of william le brun, dated 1169, in pipe rolls of county of northumberland, england. during reign of king henry 11, known "the church builder", 1154 - 1189.

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