Breitembach Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Breitembach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breitembach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil841:2,548,50477,255
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Breitembach Last Name Facts

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

The surname Breitembach is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breitembach? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,907,068th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Breitembach reside; 98 percent reside in South America and 88 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name Breitembach is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 2,548,504. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 40 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 25 percent live and Paraná, where 17 percent live. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Paraguay, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Breitembach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Breitembach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Breitembach surname fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Breitembach
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