Breslauer Surname

429,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 803 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Breslauer Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Breslau (named after King Vratislaw), in Germany, now Wroclaw in Poland.

Breslauer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3601:1,006,83074,328
Israel1431:59,8447,631
Germany1131:712,43854,203
Argentina481:890,48857,418
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Croatia251:169,14421,748
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
France201:3,321,136213,627
England131:4,286,005132,302
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Breslauer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Breslau (named after King Vratislaw), in Germany, now Wroclaw in Poland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Breslauer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breslauer is found most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breslauer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 429,441st most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,075,400 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Breslauer reside; 47 percent reside in North America and 47 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Breslauer is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 1,006,830. In The United States Breslauer is primarily concentrated in: California, where 19 percent are found, New York, where 18 percent are found and New Jersey, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 18 percent are found and Germany, where 14 percent are found.

Breslauer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Breslauer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 783 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 7 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Breslauer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Breslauer last name are 1.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.17% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Breslauer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.3% more than the national average, earning R 328,644 per year; in United States they earn 58.22% more than the national average, earning $68,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.15% more than the national average, earning $57,209 CAD per year.

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