Brechum Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Brechum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Brechum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Brechum Last Name Facts

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

Brechum occurs most in Ghana. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brechum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Brechum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Brechum are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Excluding Ghana it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.

Brechum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brechum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brechum surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Breachum930/
Brechun86136/
Brechuń8618/
Brachum860/
Brachuim801/
Bresum7724/
Brecom770/
Brechon71459/
Brekhun71316/
Bressum7121/
Brychun711/
Bresume711/
Briesum711/
Braychun6714/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Brechum
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