Breive Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Breive Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breive Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway501:102,84613,903
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Lithuania101:303,45916,246
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Breive Last Name Facts

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

The surname Breive is most common in Norway. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breive? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,967,751st most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 69 percent of Breive live; 67 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Breive is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 102,846. In Norway Breive is primarily found in: Southern Norway, where 54 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 24 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Norway this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Lithuania, where 11 percent are found.

Breive Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Breive has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Breive last name rose 433 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Breive Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Breive earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.78% less than the national average, earning 336,449 kr per year and in United States they earn 12.93% more than the national average, earning $48,727 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Breitve9211/
Breiver923/
Breve912,768/
Brive91237/
Brevet832,857/
Breves832,378/
Brivet83777/
Brever83510/
Brives83313/
Brieve83189/
Braive83143/
Briver8375/
Breiva8358/
Breiwe8331/
Breeve8330/
Brevie838/
Breivi835/
Brivey831/
Breveh831/
Breave831/
Brevez831/
Breuve831/
Breved831/
Brevey830/
Brewie830/
Breitveit801/
Brevett77127/
Brivett77122/
Breivis7731/
Breibes778/
Breiber777/
Bresver777/
Breeves777/
Breyave777/
Brevetz774/
Breveit771/
Britvee771/
Breaver771/
Bretved771/
Brevets771/
Breaves770/
Breevee770/
Breevey770/
Breever770/
Brevi733,446/
Brave731,645/
Briva73892/
Brebi73331/
Brewe73320/
Brewi73123/
Brevé7379/
Brebe7337/
Brivi7316/
Brevy733/
Vrive732/
Brivy731/
Bryve731/
Bredtved7132/
Breibess7113/
Breaveer711/
B'Reiber711/
Breivytė711/
Breibesh711/
Brechver710/
Brivio677,589/
Brevis672,170/
Breeva671,123/
Braver671,099/
Bravei67647/
Breber67298/
Breiby67261/
Brehui67236/
Bravet67222/
Bravey67133/
Brewee67106/
Brebis6793/
Braves6769/
Brebes6766/
Breyva6751/
Vreibe6744/
Brewes6740/
Breiwa6740/
Breoue6732/
Breeba6731/
Bravee6721/
Breytveyt6716/
Brisvi6716/
Briebe6713/
Brewée6713/
Brawei6710/
Vreiva679/
Brabee678/
Brevit676/
Brivis676/
Brevio676/
Bryver675/
Broevi674/
Bhrave674/
Breeby674/
Bréver674/
Brewet673/
Brewwe673/
Brevyt673/
Breava672/
Breweh672/
Braveh672/
Brevid671/
Breube671/
Brevij671/
Brewey671/
Breevi671/
Bhriva671/
Vreiwe671/
Vrieve671/
Vrivez671/
Brebei671/
Breebe671/
Breswe671/
Breuvé671/
Brevai671/
Brivai671/
Brivit671/
Bráver671/
Braebi671/
Brewio671/
Breitberh671/
Wreves670/
Brebee670/
Wriver670/
Brebeu670/
Brievy670/
Braeue670/
Brybee670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Breive
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