Brehier Surname

361,698th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Brehier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brehier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France9711:68,4079,500
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Bréhier (24) are calculated separately.

Brehier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brehier occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Bréhier. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brehier? popularity and diffusion

It is the 361,698th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 7,287,546 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Brehier reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 971 people, or 1 in 68,407. In France Brehier is most common in: Normandy, where 24 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 21 percent are found and Brittany, where 16 percent are found. Apart from France this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Greece, where 0 percent are found.

Brehier Last Name Statistics demography

Brehier earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning $34,146 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bréhier9524/
Breahier931/
Brahier86540/
Breijer86324/
Bruhier86313/
Brihier86130/
Breeher8659/
Brieher8612/
Breuier864/
Breuher860/
Brier835,543/
Broihier80115/
Breuherr8074/
Brouhier8064/
Bruhiere8061/
Breijere8030/
Bruihier8025/
Broeijer8013/
Braihier8013/
Breigger800/
Breuer7749,069/
Briere7713,053/
Braher7753/
Brijer7733/
Broeer7714/
Bruier7714/
Briher7713/
Bryher7712/
Braeer778/
Brieer776/
Broher775/
Brzier773/
Brgier772/
Brahir772/
Briesr771/
Brietr771/
Breair770/
Breaer770/
Brierre71570/
Broijer718/
Broyier713/
Broheer711/
Braaier711/
Breaire710/
Brijere710/
Braiyer710/
Bryer673,261/
Breur671,074/
Bröer67580/
Brger67352/
Vrier679/
Brojgier672/
Bréer671/
Brujiere671/
Broygier671/
Bruyiere671/
Breairhe670/

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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 Brehier
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