Breagan Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Breagan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Breagan (16) may also be a first name.
Breagan Demographics
Breagan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Breagan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Breagan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Breagan is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Breagan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Breagan is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Breagan live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles. Breagan is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 1,547,724. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 50 percent are found, West Sussex, where 22 percent are found and Buckinghamshire, where 17 percent are found. Outside of England this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Breagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Breagan has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Breagan last name grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Breagan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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Breagan Reference & Research
Surname Database - This resource gives a description of the origins of the Irish name Bracken. It comes from the Gaelic word for freckled.
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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 Breagan
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