Bresland Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Bresland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bresland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia891:303,32226,493
England751:742,90741,196
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1051:42,1893,787
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Bresland Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bresland is carried by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bresland.

How Common Is The Last Name Bresland? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,048,281st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 43 percent of Bresland live; 42 percent live in Northern Europe and 41 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most common in Australia, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 303,322. In Australia it is primarily found in: Western Australia, where 97 percent live, New South Wales, where 1 percent live and South Australia, where 1 percent live. Other than Australia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Bresland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Bresland has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Bresland surname rose 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 137 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bresland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bresland surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.

The amount Bresland earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 21.98% less than the national average, earning $33,664 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.53% less than the national average, earning $40,478 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
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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 Bresland
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