Bredstedt Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bredstedt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bredstedt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Bredstedt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bredstedt occurs most in Sweden. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bredstedt? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bredstedt is the 5,057,639th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bredstedt reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Bredstedt is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 703,340. In Sweden Bredstedt is most common in: Stockholm County, where 71 percent live, Östergötland County, where 14 percent live and Skåne County, where 7 percent live. Apart from Sweden this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 7 percent live.

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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 Bredstedt
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