Brehan Surname
Approximately 2,022 people bear this surname
Brehan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Brehan (379) may also be a first name.
Brehan Demographics
Average Brehan Salary in
United States
$69,732 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Brehan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brehan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brehan (Arabic: بريهان, Hindi: ब्रेहन) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brehan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 205,265th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,604,128 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Brehan reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 445,512th most common first name globally. It is borne by 379 people.
This surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Excluding Ethiopia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Ukraine, where 1 percent are found.
Brehan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Brehan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brehan last name increased 283 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brehan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Brehan surname are 21.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.75% registered to vote for the party.
Brehan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 61.61% more than the national average, earning $69,732 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brehan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brehan in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रेहन | brehana | - |
| Brehan in the Arabic language | ||
| بريهان | bryhan | - |
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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 Brehan
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