Bretaña Surname
Approximately 2,722 people bear this surname
Bretaña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,514 | 1:40,270 | 6,300 |
| Spain | 145 | 1:322,428 | 18,998 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| Venezuela | 21 | 1:1,438,289 | 19,453 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
The alternate forms: Bretana (281) are calculated separately.
Bretaña (17) may also be a first name.
Bretaña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bretaña Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bretaña is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Bretana. Click here for further possible spellings of Bretaña.
How Common Is The Last Name Bretaña? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 160,228th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,677,276 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Bretaña reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 92 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Bretaña is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,514 people, or 1 in 40,270. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 49 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 14 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 9 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 5 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.
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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 Bretaña
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