Breakstone Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Breakstone Surname Definition:

BRACKTON: Local: "the enclosure of brakes, or fern."

Breakstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3961:915,30068,789
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Breakstone Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

BRACKTON: Local: "the enclosure of brakes, or fern."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Breakstone Last Name Facts

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

The surname Breakstone is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Breakstone? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 726,304th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Breakstone live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 396 people, or 1 in 915,300. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 29 percent are found, Florida, where 14 percent are found and California, where 12 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Breakstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Breakstone has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Breakstone surname rose 7,920 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Breakstone Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Breakstone last name are 5.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.62% being registered with the party.

Breakstone earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.82% more than the national average, earning $59,900 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Breakston951/
Brakstone951/
Brekstone951/
Brackstone90738/
Brakston890/
Brackston8489/
Bregstone8423/
Braxstone841/
Braukston840/
Brickstone801/
Braxtone7811/
Braxston785/
Brecston780/
Brickston741/
Braxton7117,046/
Brexton7122/
Brickstony700/
Hbraxton673/
Brigston673/
Braxtonj671/
Bracxton671/
Braaxton671/
Braxtonii631/
Brackstam630/
Brixton59216/
Braxtan5943/
Braxtom591/

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Breakstone Reference & Research

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Breakstone
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