Breayley Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Breayley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breayley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Breayley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breayley occurs in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breayley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,323,005th most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Breayley live; 97 percent live in Australasia and 97 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

Breayley is most frequent in New Zealand, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 174,166. In New Zealand it is most frequent in: Canterbury Region, where 50 percent are found, Southland Region, where 42 percent are found and Nelson, where 4 percent are found. Beside New Zealand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 23 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Breayley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Breayley has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Breayley last name contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Breaeley884/
Breale862/
Brialey8051/
Brieley8021/
Braeley8015/
Brieiley751/
Braetley750/
Brietley750/
Briesley750/
Briele71260/
Breaseale7130/
Braele7113/
Briale7110/
Breaceale712/
Bryale711/
Breateale711/
Breszeale711/
Briales67733/
Brielle67400/
Brieler67156/
Breasseale6762/
Briehle6741/
Braelle674/
Braelye672/
Bréelle671/
Brealia671/
Bryiles671/
Bryiler671/
Brietle671/
Braeler670/
Bryelle670/
Brealoy670/

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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 Breayley
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