Bretan Surname
Approximately 878 people bear this surname
Bretan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 585 | 1:34,321 | 4,374 |
| Philippines | 136 | 1:744,399 | 73,733 |
| United States | 107 | 1:3,387,467 | 192,132 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Nicaragua | 7 | 1:860,156 | 4,655 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Bretán (21) & Bretañ (1) are calculated separately.
Bretan (12) may also be a first name.
Bretan Demographics
Average Bretan Salary in
United States
$43,485 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bretan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bretan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bretan (Russian: Бретан) has its highest incidence in Romania. It may also appear as: Bretán or Bretañ. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bretan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 400,385th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,300,166 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Bretan live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently held in Romania, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 34,321. In Romania it is primarily found in: Satu Mare County, where 53 percent reside, Maramureș County, where 44 percent reside and Bihor County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Romania Bretan occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.
Bretan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bretan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bretan last name rose 2,675 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bretan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bretan surname are 16.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.16% registered to vote for the political party.
Bretan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.78% more than the national average, earning $43,485 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bretan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bretan in the Russian language | ||
| Бретан | bretan | - |
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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 Bretan
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