Brentsen Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Brentsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brentsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Brentsen (7) may also be a first name.

Brentsen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brentsen has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Brentsen.

How Common Is The Last Name Brentsen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Brentsen reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brentsen is also the 4,548,448th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 7 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Brentsen is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 50 percent live and Wisconsin, where 50 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 25 percent live and The Faroe Islands, where 25 percent live.

Brentsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brentsen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brentsen surname fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Brentsen
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