Brefin Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Brefin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Brefin 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
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
France81:8,302,840321,660
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brefin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brefin occurs in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brefin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Brefin live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 273,764. In Switzerland Brefin is most prevalent in: Canton of Bern, where 37 percent reside, Canton of Vaud, where 27 percent reside and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Switzerland this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

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
Brefina921/
Brafin8320/
Brifin8318/
Brofin831/
Briffin7710/
Broffin770/
Brofen671/
Brafen670/
Briffen621/
Braphin621/
Braphn501/
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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 Brefin
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