Breitenfeldt Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Breitenfeldt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breitenfeldt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3271:1,108,43780,126
Germany1371:587,63147,553
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Breitenfeldt Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breitenfeldt is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Breitenfeldt? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 637,196th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Breitenfeldt reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Breitenfeldt is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 327 people, or 1 in 1,108,437. In The United States it is most numerous in: Wisconsin, where 43 percent are found, Washington, where 10 percent are found and Illinois, where 3 percent are found. Beside The United States Breitenfeldt occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 29 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Breitenfeldt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Breitenfeldt has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,635 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Breitenfeldt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Breitenfeldt surname are 5.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.81% registered with the party.

Breitenfeldt earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.97% more than the national average, earning $43,568 USD 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 Breitenfeldt
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