Brathen Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Brathen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brathen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway161:321,39331,311
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Brathén (1) are calculated separately.

Brathen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brathen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Brathen occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Brathén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brathen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 51 percent of Brathen are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 41 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 321,393. In Norway Brathen is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 81 percent reside, Central Norway, where 13 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Norway this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Brathen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brathen surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

Brathen earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.82% less than the national average, earning $26,400 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brathen
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