Breewood Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Breewood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Breewood Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:362,22614,761
England81:6,964,757184,742
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Breewood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breewood is more commonly found in Ireland than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breewood? popularity and diffusion

Breewood is the 3,602,217th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. Breewood occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Breewood live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Breewood is most frequent in Ireland, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 362,226. In Ireland Breewood is mostly concentrated in: Munster, where 100 percent live. Aside from Ireland Breewood exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent live and Scotland, where 23 percent live.

Breewood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Breewood has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Breewood last name decreased 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brewood9396/
Breesswood891/
Brewoo86353/
Breshwood820/
Brawood8020/
Browood801/
Breachwood7811/
Brewo7716/
Braywood7536/
Braiwood751/
Brejwo71349/
Brewot713/
Brawod712/
Brevod711/
Breiwo711/
Breebo711/
Brishwood710/
Wrywood672/
Brewout671/
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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 Breewood
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