Brekhus Surname

809,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 345 people bear this surname

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

Brekhus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brekhus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3361:1,078,74778,479
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Brekhus Last Name Facts

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

Brekhus occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brekhus? popularity and diffusion

Brekhus is the 809,613th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name Brekhus occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Brekhus are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 1,078,747. In The United States Brekhus is most prevalent in: North Dakota, where 29 percent live, Washington, where 8 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Brekhus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Brekhus are 16.64% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.41% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brekhus earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 24.03% more than the national average, earning $53,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30% less than the national average, earning $34,780 CAD 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
  • 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 Brekhus
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