Brotherus is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

used first around 1600 by Stephan Sigfridi Brotherus, who was a priest in the town of

Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. There are currently about 100 people alive with this surname, most of whom are living in Finland.

Notable people

The botanist

Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus Viktor Ferdinand Brotherus (28 October 1849 – 9 February 1929), Finnish botanist who studied the mosses (Bryophyta), best known for authoring the treatment of 'Musci' in Adolf Engler, Engler and Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, Prantl's ''Die Natürlic ...

was a well-known bearer of the name. Many living and deceased members of the family can be found fro
the Brotherus family database
maintained b
Robert Johannes Brotherus
Elina Brotherus is a photographer who attended the Helsinki School. Robert Brotherus is an American rally driver of Finnish origin, who helped bring back the

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