Brehany Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Brehany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brehany Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:5,941,950288,805
England401:1,392,95161,553
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Ireland111:428,08515,694
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Wales41:773,63329,106
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland591:75,0825,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Brehany Last Name Facts

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

Brehany is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brehany? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brehany is the 1,391,595th most common last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Brehany live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Brehany is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 5,941,950. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 16 percent live, Indiana, where 16 percent live and Ohio, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States Brehany exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 22 percent live.

Brehany Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brehany has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 305 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,333 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 81 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brehany Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Brehany surname is predominantly Catholic (93%) in Ireland.

In The United States Brehany are 38.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.19% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brehany earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 45.4% more than the national average, earning R 345,528 per year and in United States they earn 56.92% more than the national average, earning $67,708 USD per year.

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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 Brehany
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