Bref Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bref Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bref Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France111:6,038,429280,838
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

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

The surname Bref (Russian: Бреф) occurs most in France. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bref? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname 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. Bref is also the 561,423rd most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 252 people.

The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 6,038,429. In France Bref is most numerous in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 91 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 9 percent are found. Beside France this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 38 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.

Bref Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bref has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bref surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Breff892,385/
Brief891,006/
Breef8929/
Brefe8922/
Breft895/
Breif893/
Breffe8097/
Brieff8026/
Breife8017/
Breefe801/
Brew7517,990/
Breb75187/
Brif7553/
Bryf7533/
Brev7528/
Breyffe731/
Breev671,415/
Breva671,217/
Briff6752/
Breaw6746/
Breew6711/
Briev679/
Brzev677/
Breeb674/
Brevz673/
Bhrif673/
Brift672/
Brayf671/
Britf671/
Wreff670/
Breib670/
Wreft670/
Briew670/

Bref Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bref in the Russian language
Брефbref-

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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 Bref
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