Brechany Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Brechany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brechany Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:2,653,24194,788
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland121:311,9359,798

Brechany Last Name Facts

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

Brechany is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Brechany.

How Common Is The Last Name Brechany? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Brechany reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Brechany is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 2,653,241. In England Brechany is most frequent in: Tyne and Wear, where 71 percent live, Northumberland, where 19 percent live and Derbyshire, where 5 percent live. Beside England it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 45 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Brechany Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brechany has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the Brechany last name increased 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Brechany
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