Breda Surname
Approximately 21,809 people bear this surname
Breda Surname User-submission:
The Breda surname means 'grassy meadow' or 'grassland'. It derives from the Latin word braida and can also be spelled Brêda or Bréda.
Breda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 6,253 | 1:9,780 | 1,468 |
| Brazil | 5,472 | 1:39,122 | 1,603 |
| Israel | 3,131 | 1:2,733 | 358 |
| South Africa | 1,451 | 1:37,338 | 4,786 |
| United States | 1,154 | 1:314,089 | 28,734 |
| France | 1,074 | 1:61,846 | 8,421 |
| Portugal | 632 | 1:16,485 | 1,211 |
| Belgium | 519 | 1:22,152 | 3,458 |
| Romania | 291 | 1:68,996 | 8,256 |
| Germany | 282 | 1:285,480 | 29,786 |
| Netherlands | 275 | 1:61,408 | 10,565 |
| Argentina | 263 | 1:162,522 | 13,681 |
| Canada | 171 | 1:215,471 | 20,813 |
| Poland | 107 | 1:355,222 | 39,815 |
| Spain | 88 | 1:531,273 | 26,094 |
| Switzerland | 80 | 1:102,661 | 10,922 |
| Norway | 79 | 1:65,092 | 9,213 |
| England | 64 | 1:870,595 | 45,570 |
| Czechia | 54 | 1:196,916 | 28,617 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Latvia | 52 | 1:39,424 | 6,000 |
| Venezuela | 42 | 1:719,145 | 12,108 |
| Slovakia | 23 | 1:232,020 | 36,711 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Lebanon | 13 | 1:433,622 | 11,952 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1:116,108 | 6,306 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Bréda (309) & Brêda (18) are calculated separately.
Breda (19,567) may also be a first name.
Breda Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Breda surname means 'grassy meadow' or 'grassland'. It derives from the Latin word braida and can also be spelled Brêda or Bréda.
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Breda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Breda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Breda (Arabic: بريدا, Oriya: େବଡା, Russian: Бреда) is most common in Italy. It may also occur in the variant forms: Bréda or Brêda. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Breda? popularity and diffusion
The last name Breda is the 24,764th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 334,153 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 46 percent of Breda are found; 32 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 29 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 38,458th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 19,567 people.
This last name is most common in Italy, where it is held by 6,253 people, or 1 in 9,780. In Italy Breda is mostly concentrated in: Veneto, where 55 percent are found, Lombardy, where 31 percent are found and Abruzzo, where 5 percent are found. Beside Italy this surname is found in 76 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Israel, where 14 percent are found.
Breda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Breda has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Breda last name grew 11,540 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Breda Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Breda surname are 4.92% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.15% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Breda earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 34.15% more than the national average, earning €40,285 per year; in Norway they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning 372,559 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.08% less than the national average, earning R 187,536 per year; in United States they earn 11.86% more than the national average, earning $48,266 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.12% more than the national average, earning $64,153 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Breda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Breda in the Oriya language | ||
| େବଡା | ebada | 58.33 |
| େବେଡକା | ebedaka | 41.67 |
| Breda in the Russian language | ||
| Бреда | breda | - |
| Breda in the Arabic language | ||
| بريدا | bryda | - |
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