Breatcliffe Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Breatcliffe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breatcliffe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:535,38220,332
England91:6,190,895170,599
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Breatcliffe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breatcliffe occurs most in Scotland. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Breatcliffe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Breatcliffe live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in Scotland, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 535,382. In Scotland it is mostly concentrated in: West Lothian, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Scotland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 43 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Breatcliffe
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