Brenha Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Brenha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brenha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3881:551,73820,643
Portugal471:221,6658,706
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397

Brenha Last Name Facts

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

Brenha occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brenha? popularity and diffusion

It is the 645,988th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname Brenha is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Brenha are found; 83 percent are found in South America and 83 percent are found in Luso-South America.

This surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 388 people, or 1 in 551,738. In Brazil Brenha is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 43 percent live, Maranhão, where 32 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 7 percent live. Beside Brazil this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Brenha Last Name Statistics demography

Brenha earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 60.39% more than the national average, earning $69,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brenhay922/
Brenhai921/
Brenya835,592/
Brenia83109/
Bregna8361/
Brenyah771,733/
Bregnas7725/
Brzenia7720/
Brenyas7713/
Bregnat772/
Brenias772/
Brenyoh771/
Brenjas771/
Breunia771/
Bresnia771/
Brengia770/
Breania770/
Bregnias7147/
Bregnaud712/
Breahnea712/
Breignat711/
Brenjast711/
Brenio67267/
Beherenia67226/
Brenjo67190/
Brinja67114/
Brinia67106/
Brenyo6747/
Brigna6739/
Brenyó6738/
Brynia6713/
Brinya676/
Brynya676/
Brynja674/
Brinho673/
Breñia671/
Vrenia671/
Vrenja671/

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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 Brenha
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