Brehinier Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Brehinier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brehinier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2211:300,55545,904
Argentina401:1,068,58565,578

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

Brehinier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brehinier is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Bréhinier. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brehinier? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 985,740th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Brehinier are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Brehinier is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 300,555. In France it is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 46 percent live, Brittany, where 42 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 4 percent live. Apart from France this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bréhinier962/
Brehiniez892/
Broheiner781/
Breuner75544/
Bryener755/
Briiner754/
Briyner751/
Breheney71267/
Briinger715/
Breunner712/
Bryenyer711/
Bryinger710/
Breuenner673/
Briener6321/
Briesner5923/
Brietner592/
Brienger591/
Briinjes590/
Breunair590/
Brienner590/

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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 Brehinier
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