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 surname Breslauer is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breslauer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 429,441st most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 9,075,400 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Breslauer are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 1,006,830. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 19 percent live, New York, where 18 percent live and New Jersey, where 15 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 18 percent live and Germany, where 14 percent live.

Breslauer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Breslauer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Breslauer last name grew 783 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 7 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Breslauer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Breslauer surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.17% registered with the political 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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