Bref Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Bref Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bref (252) may also be a first name.
Bref Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bref Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bref (Russian: Бреф) is found most in France. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bref? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bref is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Bref are found; 42 percent are found in Western Europe and 42 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 561,423rd most commonly used given name globally, held by 252 people.
This surname is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 6,038,429. In France Bref is mostly found in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 91 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 9 percent reside. Not including France this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 38 percent reside and Russia, where 8 percent reside.
Bref Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bref has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bref surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breff | 89 | 2,385 | / |
| Brief | 89 | 1,006 | / |
| Breef | 89 | 29 | / |
| Brefe | 89 | 22 | / |
| Breft | 89 | 5 | / |
| Breif | 89 | 3 | / |
| Breffe | 80 | 97 | / |
| Brieff | 80 | 26 | / |
| Breife | 80 | 17 | / |
| Breefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brew | 75 | 17,990 | / |
| Breb | 75 | 187 | / |
| Brif | 75 | 53 | / |
| Bryf | 75 | 33 | / |
| Brev | 75 | 28 | / |
| Breyffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Breev | 67 | 1,415 | / |
| Breva | 67 | 1,217 | / |
| Briff | 67 | 52 | / |
| Breaw | 67 | 46 | / |
| Breew | 67 | 11 | / |
| Briev | 67 | 9 | / |
| Brzev | 67 | 7 | / |
| Breeb | 67 | 4 | / |
| Brevz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bhrif | 67 | 3 | / |
| Brift | 67 | 2 | / |
| Brayf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Britf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wreff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Breib | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wreft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Briew | 67 | 0 | / |
Bref Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bref in the Russian language | ||
| Бреф | bref | - |
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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
- 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 Bref
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