Bretania Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Bretania Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bretania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines4911:206,18832,380
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

The alternate forms: Bretañia (2) are calculated separately.

Bretania (21) may also be a first name.

Bretania Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bretania occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Bretañia. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bretania? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 615,220th most common surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. The last name Bretania is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Bretania live; 98 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 21 people.

The surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 491 people, or 1 in 206,188. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 34 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 13 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines Bretania is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Vietnam, where 0 percent reside.

Bretania Last Name Statistics demography

Bretania earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 282.4% more than the national average, earning $165,000 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
  • 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 Bretania
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