Bresnen Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Bresnen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bresnen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1741:2,083,097132,570
England1131:493,08031,588
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Bresnen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bresnen is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bresnen.

How Common Is The Last Name Bresnen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 899,940th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Bresnen live; 61 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 2,083,097. In The United States Bresnen is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 20 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live and Ohio, where 14 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Bresnen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bresnen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bresnen last name expanded 1,740 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 706 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bresnen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bresnen last name are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bresnen earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.46% more than the national average, earning $51,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.29% less than the national average, earning $46,558 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
  • 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 Bresnen
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