Bregaña Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Bregaña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bregaña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines631:1,606,956108,100
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169

The alternate forms: Bregana (2) are calculated separately.

Bregaña Last Name Facts

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

Bregaña occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Bregana. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bregaña? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,136,387th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 81 percent of Bregaña live; 81 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 1,606,956. In The Philippines Bregaña is mostly found in: National Capital Region, where 32 percent live, Ilocos, where 27 percent live and Calabarzon, where 25 percent live. Beside The Philippines it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 18 percent live and Guatemala, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bregana952/
Bragaña86142/
Bregaño8628/
Brigaña8619/
Bregania80318/
Bregagna8050/
Breganha8017/
Breganja8016/
Bregoñas801/
Bregannja751/
Breganaja751/
Bregani71272/
Bregano7196/
Brigaño7161/
Bragana7118/
Bregena712/
Brogana711/
Breganó711/
Brigoña711/
Vregaño711/
Breganj711/
Brigana711/
Breighanna710/
Bregonia67378/
Breganni67145/
Breganio67128/
Brigania6784/
Bregoños6767/
Briganja678/
Brahgana671/
Bregonja671/
Bragajna671/

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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 Bregaña
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