Brentley Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Brentley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brentley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2201:1,647,541109,999
England1091:511,17532,340
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Brentley (452) may also be a first name.

Brentley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brentley occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brentley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 801,116th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Brentley live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 402,268th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 452 people.

The surname Brentley is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 1,647,541. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 22 percent are found, New York, where 13 percent are found and Ohio, where 12 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 31 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.

Brentley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brentley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brentley last name expanded 1,467 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 260 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brentley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brentley last name are 1.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.08% registered with the political party.

The amount Brentley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 32.71% more than the national average, earning R 315,360 per year and in United States they earn 18.43% less than the national average, earning $35,198 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brenntley941/
Brenthley941/
Brently9317/
Brentle9310/
Brntley931/
Brintley88233/
Brentlee881/
Brentler881/
Brintle80262/
Brintly800/
Brentli800/
Brintler7519/
Brinttly750/
Brentella711/
Brentelli711/
Brimtly670/

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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 Brentley
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