Breitfeld Surname

229,810th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Breitfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breitfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,5421:52,2086,801
United States1271:2,854,007168,820
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Austria211:405,49741,758
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
France111:6,038,429280,838
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Breitfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Breitfeld is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Breitfeld.

How Common Is The Last Name Breitfeld? popularity and diffusion

The last name Breitfeld is the 229,810th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,135,951 people. The last name Breitfeld occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Breitfeld are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Breitfeld is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 1,542 people, or 1 in 52,208. In Germany Breitfeld is most frequent in: Saxony, where 35 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent are found and Bavaria, where 10 percent are found. Barring Germany Breitfeld is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Breitfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Breitfeld has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Breitfeld last name increased 3,175 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Breitfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Breitfeld last name are 15.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.9% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Breitfeld earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.93% less than the national average, earning 249,435 kr per year and in United States they earn 32.68% more than the national average, earning $57,250 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
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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 Breitfeld
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