Breen Surname
Approximately 40,138 people bear this surname
Breen Surname Definition:
A form of Brien or Brian, q.v.
Breen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,971 | 1:20,169 | 2,549 |
| Ireland | 5,784 | 1:814 | 145 |
| England | 4,694 | 1:11,870 | 1,743 |
| Australia | 3,961 | 1:6,815 | 997 |
| Canada | 2,845 | 1:12,951 | 1,919 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,396 | 1:1,322 | 275 |
| Scotland | 857 | 1:6,247 | 994 |
| Netherlands | 538 | 1:31,389 | 5,201 |
| New Zealand | 520 | 1:8,708 | 1,506 |
| Norway | 318 | 1:16,171 | 1,963 |
| Wales | 265 | 1:11,677 | 1,299 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 173 | 1:313,166 | 29,785 |
| Thailand | 55 | 1:1,284,334 | 183,539 |
| Saint Lucia | 49 | 1:3,649 | 535 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:5,221 | 1,083 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:42,911 | 3,686 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,478 | 1:989 | 176 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 691 | 1:35,275 | 4,612 |
| Scotland | 124 | 1:30,187 | 2,582 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,662 | 1:13,713 | 1,758 |
Breen (574) may also be a first name.
Breen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A form of Brien or Brian, q.v.
Mac Braoin IF 59. Map Kilk
Ó Braoin of Brawney Also anglicized as Bruen in Co. Roscommon, where an important sept of Ó Braoin was located. IF 59; Map Off
People of this name are mainly found in or near Co. Roscommon and most of these can with reasonable certainty be regarded as belonging to the sept of Ó Braoin, the principal family of which were erenaghs of St. Coman, Roscommon. (The other Ó Braoin septs are called Breen — see Irish Families, p. 59). It was a coincidence that an English Cromwellian, James Bruen, settled at Abbeyboyle, Co.
Roscommon, in the seventeenth century. His family did not long remain there: in the next century they moved to Co. Carlow and acquired there a very extensive family property-de Burgh's Landowners of Ireland (1878) states that it consisted of 16,477 acres in Co. Carlow and 6932 in Co. Wexford.
(Irish) Grandson of Braon (sorrow); variant of O'Brien, q.v.
When in 1607 Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, went into voluntary exile, the government of James I. wished to displace his adherents from Ulster, in order to introduce an English colony there. One of the seven native septs thus dispossessed were banished to the distant county of Kerry, where, to avoid persecution, they dropped the unpopular name of O'Neill, and adopted instead that of Breen, from Braon O'Neill, the head of their branch. Inf. H. H. Breen, Esq.
From bryn, a hill. Preen may be the same name.
Breen Demographics
Average Breen Salary in
United States
$49,195 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Breen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Breen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Breen (Arabic: برين) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Breen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 13,888th most prevalent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 181,562 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Breen reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 349,810th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 574 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 17,971 people, or 1 in 20,169. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, Massachusetts, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 84 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 14 percent live and England, where 12 percent live.
Breen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Breen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Breen last name grew 491 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 129 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it grew 679 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 691 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,395 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Breen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Breen surname is primarily Catholic (93%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Breen surname are 3.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.21% being registered with the party.
The amount Breen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 10.83% more than the national average, earning 383,562 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 52.95% more than the national average, earning R 363,468 per year; in United States they earn 14.01% more than the national average, earning $49,195 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.98% more than the national average, earning $53,152 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Breen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Breen in the Arabic language | ||
| برين | bryn | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Breen
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis