Brekka Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Brekka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 244 | 1:21,075 | 2,717 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Brekká (4) are calculated separately.
Brekka (29) may also be a first name.
Brekka Demographics
Average Brekka Salary in
United States
$51,008 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Brekka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brekka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brekka is found most in Norway. It may occur in the variant forms: Brekká. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brekka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 821,713th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Brekka live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 72 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 29 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Norway, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 21,075. In Norway Brekka is most numerous in: Eastern Norway, where 72 percent live, Southern Norway, where 23 percent live and Western Norway, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Norway this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.
Brekka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brekka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Brekka surname expanded 1,217 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Brekka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Brekka last name are 17.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70.59% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Brekka earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.57% less than the national average, earning 337,196 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.21% more than the national average, earning $51,008 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.17% less than the national average, earning $47,610 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 Brekka
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