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 found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bread click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bread? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 785,023rd most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name Bread is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bread reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Bread is also the 659,352nd most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 190 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 54,519. Beside Malawi Bread exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.
Bread Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bread has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bread Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bread surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
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Footnotes
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