Brefo Surname

68,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Brefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana7,0661:3,824559
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
England441:1,266,32057,817
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Brefo (626) may also be a first name.

Brefo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brefo (Russian: Брефо) is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Brefo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brefo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 68,165th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 999,801 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Brefo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Brefo is also the 333,003rd most numerous first name world-wide, held by 626 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 7,066 people, or 1 in 3,824. Excluding Ghana this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Brefo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brefo surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brefo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 78.09% less than the national average, earning R 52,056 per year; in United States they earn 17.96% less than the national average, earning $35,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.98% less than the national average, earning $34,788 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brefoh912/
Breffoz830/
Brifo80513/
Brafo80361/
Brefa8012/
Vrefo801/
Braffo73345/
Breffa7316/
Broffo7311/
Brifou731/
Brifoz731/
Bryfos731/
Breefa731/
Brafoy730/
Breadfoot710/
Briffod67500/
Briffoz6790/
Brefach678/
Braffoh671/
Briffot671/
Breffat671/
Wredfos671/
Broffoh671/
Brephoh670/

Brefo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brefo in the Russian language
Брефоbrefo-

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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 Brefo
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