Brecy Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Brecy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brecy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1911:347,76352,251
Taiwan291:808,4405,718
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Brécy (4) are calculated separately.

Brecy (71) may also be a first name.

Brecy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brecy is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Brécy. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brecy? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,098,270th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Brecy reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Brecy is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 71 people.

This last name is most numerous in France, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 347,763. In France Brecy is most prevalent in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 34 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 25 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent are found. Besides France Brecy exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 13 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brécy934/
Brecey916/
Brechy912/
Breicy911/
Breci80578/
Breca80313/
Brece8025/
Bricy8010/
Brezy803/
Bresy801/
Breychey771/
Breece732,662/
Bressy731,721/
Brixey731,641/
Bresci731,315/
Breche73334/
Brecci73105/
Breyze73104/
Breica7356/
Brecip7341/
Breice7339/
Brecie7323/
Briece7318/
Brezzy7313/
Bresce7312/
Breezy736/
Brecea736/
Breshy735/
Brisey734/
Brechi734/
Bricey733/
Breizy732/
Briscy732/
Brizey732/
Brecce732/
Brychy732/
Breyse732/
Bretce731/
Brezay731/
Briezy731/
Brrece731/
Breces731/
Brecis731/
Brichy731/
Brzycy731/
Breacj731/
Breace730/
Bresey730/
Bretzy730/
Breesy730/
Brecher672,955/
Breysse672,535/
Brychcy671,832/
Brechet671,683/
Brissey67679/
Brichey67186/
Breches67124/
Bresche6779/
Brescio6770/
Bresich6763/
Brychzy6724/
Breiche6723/
Breicis6721/
Bressey6720/
Brecier6716/
Brychey6714/
Bretche6710/
Brecich676/
Breache676/
Brescha674/
Brychsy674/
Bridsey673/
Breezey673/
Brescie672/
Breshay672/
Breysee672/
Bressay672/
Breachi672/
Brechio672/
Brezzey671/
Brisxey671/
Braycey671/
Breichi671/
Breezyy671/
Breacet671/
Brechhi671/
Brichcy671/
Brichzy671/
Brycysz671/
Brzydcy671/
Braisey671/
Brecist671/
Brescit671/
Brressy671/
Brehysa671/
Brichys671/
Braychy671/
Brzeshy671/
Brecett670/
Breecie670/
Breecce670/

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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 Brecy
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