Brestrup Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Brestrup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brestrup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway501:102,84613,903
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brestrup Last Name Facts

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

Brestrup occurs in Norway more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brestrup? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. Brestrup occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Brestrup live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently held in Norway, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 102,846. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 96 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Norway it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent reside and Japan, where 1 percent reside.

Brestrup Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brestrup has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brestrup surname rose 3,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brestrup Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brestrup last name are 39.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brestrup earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 4.57% more than the national average, earning 361,888 kr per year and in United States they earn 6.58% less than the national average, earning $40,309 USD 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 Brestrup
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