Breinhorst Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Breinhorst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breinhorst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Breinhorst Last Name Facts

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

Breinhorst is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Breinhorst click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breinhorst? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Breinhorst occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Breinhorst are found; 62 percent are found in Australasia and 62 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently used in New Zealand, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand it is most prevalent in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than New Zealand it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 31 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brenhorst950/
Breimhorst90275/
Bruinhorst9013/
Broenhorst9010/
Breinhurst901/
Bremhorst84191/
Branhorst841/
Brimhorst840/
Briggenhorst823/
Breimhurst8036/
Brinhgurst802/
Bringurst743/
Braamhorst7069/
Bruinaars6324/

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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 Breinhorst
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