Brerton Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Brerton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 17 | 1:260,580 | 11,064 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Brerton Demographics
Average Brerton Salary in
England
£33,688
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Brerton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brerton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brerton is most common in England. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brerton? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Brerton occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Brerton live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.
The last name is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 75 percent live, Merseyside, where 13 percent live and Lancashire, where 6 percent live. Barring England it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Ireland, where 5 percent live.
Brerton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brerton has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 11 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Brerton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (65%) in Ireland.
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Brerton Reference & Research
Brereton DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Brereton FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Brerton
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis