Breistein Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Breistein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breistein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3121:16,4822,015
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Breistein Last Name Facts

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

Breistein is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Breistein? popularity and diffusion

It is the 846,108th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Breistein reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Breistein is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 16,482. In Norway Breistein is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 72 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 22 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Norway this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Breistein Last Name Statistics demography

Breistein earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.66% less than the national average, earning 329,965 kr 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
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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 Breistein
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