Bretherick Surname

463,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Bretherick Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bretherick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3111:1,165,46383,401
England2381:234,10919,389
Canada731:504,73442,927
Brazil481:4,459,882118,224
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Wales41:773,63329,106
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2511:97,1139,892
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Bretherick Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bretherick is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Bretherick click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bretherick? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 463,668th most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,024,135 people. The surname Bretherick is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Bretherick reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Bretherick is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 1,165,463. In The United States Bretherick is mostly found in: Alabama, where 26 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 20 percent live and Georgia, where 9 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Bretherick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bretherick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bretherick surname increased 1,037 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 5 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bretherick Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bretherick last name are 11.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.81% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bretherick earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.44% less than the national average, earning R 63,120 per year; in United States they earn 6.82% less than the national average, earning $40,205 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.75% less than the national average, earning $46,828 CAD 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 Bretherick
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