Brekau Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Brekau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 69 | 1:1,166,746 | 76,492 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Brekau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brekau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brekau occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brekau? popularity and diffusion
Brekau is the 2,121,169th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Brekau are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 1,166,746. In Germany Brekau is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 29 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent live. Barring Germany Brekau is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Brekau
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