Breadwood Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Breadwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breadwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica51:573,98910,196
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Breadwood Last Name Facts

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

Breadwood occurs most in Jamaica. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breadwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Breadwood occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Breadwood reside; 63 percent reside in Caribbean and 63 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.

The last name is most frequently used in Jamaica, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 573,989. In Jamaica Breadwood is most common in: Cornwall County, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Jamaica it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bredwood94215/
Bradwood941/
Braidwood891,417/
Briadwood891/
Breidwood890/
Breathwood840/
Bretwood824/
Brettwood7829/
Braithwood7434/
Bredbo679/
Brithwood671/
Brythwood670/
Bredwad6321/
Bredvad6320/
Bradboy633/
Breadua632/
Bradvad631/
Bhradwa631/
Bradwaup590/
Bradva532/
Bratuo531/
Bradba531/
Bratwa531/
Bradua531/
Breathwate530/
Brathwa501/
Bristwo501/
Bridvud501/
Braidba501/
Bredvat501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Breadwood
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