Breed Surname
Approximately 7,064 people bear this surname
Breed Surname Definition:
“Broad” in Dutch.
Breed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,543 | 1:102,303 | 11,301 |
| South Africa | 920 | 1:58,889 | 7,450 |
| Netherlands | 899 | 1:18,784 | 2,935 |
| England | 885 | 1:62,958 | 7,400 |
| Australia | 315 | 1:85,701 | 9,916 |
| Canada | 118 | 1:312,251 | 28,740 |
| India | 85 | 1:9,024,299 | 181,432 |
| New Zealand | 80 | 1:56,604 | 8,933 |
| Denmark | 34 | 1:166,021 | 14,242 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 2 | 1:2,927 | 156 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 516 | 1:47,239 | 5,833 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,440 | 1:34,874 | 4,150 |
Breed (65) may also be a first name.
Breed Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Broad” in Dutch.
(English) One who came from Brede (flat expanse), in Sussex; dweller on the plain.
(Dutch.) From Breed, broad, large. Brede, local, a town in Sussex, England, and in the Danish, signifies brim, margin; sea—side, shore, river—side.
Breed Demographics
Breed Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Breed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Breed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Breed has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Breed? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 70,037th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,031,646 people. The last name Breed is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Breed live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. Breed is also the 1,212,820th most common first name world-wide, held by 65 people.
The last name Breed is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 3,543 people, or 1 in 102,303. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and Georgia, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 45 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent live and The Netherlands, where 13 percent live.
Breed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Breed has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Breed last name expanded 246 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 172 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 2,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Breed Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Breed are 37.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.57% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Breed earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.75% more than the national average, earning R 389,136 per year; in United States they earn 5.24% more than the national average, earning $45,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.42% more than the national average, earning $49,894 CAD per year.
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