Brekenridge Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Brekenridge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brekenridge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Brekenridge Last Name Facts

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

Brekenridge occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brekenridge? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Brekenridge is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Brekenridge live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 15 percent reside, Washington, where 15 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 26 percent reside and Jamaica, where 5 percent reside.

Brekenridge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brekenridge has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 118 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brekenridge Last Name Statistics demography

Brekenridge earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.93% less than the national average, earning $33,688 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 Brekenridge
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