Breternitz Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Breternitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breternitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2551:315,70831,833
Brazil1181:1,814,18958,634
United States931:3,897,408212,857
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Breternitz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breternitz is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Breternitz.

How Common Is The Last Name Breternitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 640,141st most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,342,202 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Breternitz reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Breternitz is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 315,708. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Thuringia, where 53 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 12 percent live and Berlin, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Breternitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Breternitz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Breternitz surname expanded 3,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Breternitz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Breternitz surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

Breternitz earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.95% less than the national average, earning $38,856 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bretternitz951/
Bredernitz90101/
Broternitz901/
Bird-Werntz671/
Barö Derantz641/
Berte-Aernouts581/

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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 Breternitz
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