Brecić Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Brecić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brecić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645

The alternate forms: Brečić (296) & Brecic (16) are calculated separately.

Brecić Last Name Facts

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

Brecić occurs most in Croatia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Brečić or Brecic. Click here to see other potential spellings of Brecić.

How Common Is The Last Name Brecić? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Brecić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Croatia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 845,721. In Croatia it is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 100 percent reside. Barring Croatia it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 30 percent reside and Serbia, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brečić94296/
Brecic9416/
Brezić83209/
Brekić83202/
Brešić83113/
Bracić83104/
Brocić8350/
Brejić8340/
Bricić8312/
Vrecić837/
Bresić836/
Breščić77161/
Breškić77160/
Brescic7730/
Brajcić778/
Brecich776/
Breskić772/
Breceic771/
Brescich716/
Bressici710/
Vrekić67419/
Brigić67403/
Bričić67288/
Brašić67260/
Brizić67168/
Brezec67168/
Brižić67145/
Brezic6769/
Brizec6755/
Bresic6749/
Vrečić6742/
Vrećić6742/
Vrecic6733/
Brekic6728/
Brisić6726/
Bricic6719/
Brišić6714/
Brešič677/
Brasić676/
Brežič675/
Brechisci675/
Bresec672/
Vricić672/

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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 Brecić
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