Brehonnet Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Brehonnet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brehonnet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France611:1,088,897118,069
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

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

Brehonnet Last Name Facts

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

Brehonnet is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Bréhonnet. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brehonnet? popularity and diffusion

The last name Brehonnet is the 2,220,661st most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Brehonnet live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 1,088,897. In France Brehonnet is most numerous in: Brittany, where 93 percent live, Guadeloupe, where 2 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 2 percent live. Barring France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 14 percent live and New Caledonia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bréhonnet962/
Brehonney891/
Brehone880/
Brionnet8285/
Brehunet829/
Brehoney822/
Brehanne821/
Breone805/
Brehunets782/
Brehane754,032/
Brionne75866/
Brehony75534/
Breones7521/
Bryonne753/
Breonna753/
Breanne752/
Breonez752/
Brionet751/
Breyone751/
Breonni751/
Brihunet7196/
Brehonio7163/
Brionnes7111/
Brehaney719/
Brieanne718/
Bregione712/
Breahnea712/
Brehanea711/
Brehanie711/
Breohney710/
Breeonna710/
Brehanny710/
Brione67253/
Bryhunets6783/
Breoni6744/
Bryone675/
Breane674/
Breona674/
Bryhanets672/
Brehanesh671/
Brehoń671/

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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 Brehonnet
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