Bread Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Bread Surname Definition:
A form of Braid, which see, current in Fife and southeastern Perthshire. Robert Breid is recorded in Dunfermline in 1568 (Dunfermline), and John Bread appears in St. Andrews in 1606 (St. Andrews), along with several more of the name.
Read More About This SurnameBread Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 58 | 1:420,265 | 24,785 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
Bread (190) may also be a first name.
Bread Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A form of Braid, which see, current in Fife and southeastern Perthshire. Robert Breid is recorded in Dunfermline in 1568 (Dunfermline), and John Bread appears in St. Andrews in 1606 (St. Andrews), along with several more of the name.
Bread Demographics
Average Bread Salary in
England
£19,768
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Bread Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bread Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bread is more commonly found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bread? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 785,023rd most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bread reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 659,352nd most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 190 people.
This surname is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Excluding Malawi it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Iran, where 2 percent live.
Bread Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bread has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Bread last name fell 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bread Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
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Footnotes
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