Bream Surname
Approximately 1,463 people bear this surname
Bream Surname Definition:
(English) Vigorous, Fierce; earlier, Famous, Noble [Middle English breme, Old English bréme] Howevere beest outher brid [or bird] Hath so breme wittes.— Piers Plowman, 7877-8.
The noise of peple up-sterte than (then] at ones As breme as blase of straw y-set on fire.
Read More About This SurnameBream Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 998 | 1:363,185 | 32,353 |
| England | 372 | 1:149,780 | 14,332 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 190 | 1:128,291 | 11,943 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 168 | 1:298,921 | 23,746 |
Bream (37) may also be a first name.
Bream Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Vigorous, Fierce; earlier, Famous, Noble [Middle English breme, Old English bréme] Howevere beest outher brid [or bird] Hath so breme wittes.— Piers Plowman, 7877-8.
The noise of peple up-sterte than (then] at ones As breme as blase of straw y-set on fire. Chaucer, Trail. & Crts., iv. 183-4.
1. A chapelry in co. Gloucester. 2. Old English, brim, renowned, famous, from Anglo-Saxon bfeman, to celebrate.
A location name in Gloucestershire.
Bream Demographics
Average Male Bream Height
175.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Bream Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bream Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bream occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bream? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 267,085th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,981,234 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Bream are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bream is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 37 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 998 people, or 1 in 363,185. In The United States Bream is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 33 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and Iowa, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States it is found in 28 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent are found and Wales, where 1 percent are found.
Bream Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bream has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bream last name expanded 594 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 196 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bream Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bream surname are 35.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 82.26% being registered to vote for the party.
Bream earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.26% more than the national average, earning $45,848 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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