Brethour Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Brethour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brethour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada3651:100,94710,954
United States1771:2,047,791130,814
Israel541:158,47516,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States431:1,167,87666,381

Brethour Last Name Facts

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

Brethour is found most frequently in Canada. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brethour? popularity and diffusion

Brethour is the 539,451st most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Brethour reside; 90 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Brethour is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 100,947. In Canada it is mostly found in: Ontario, where 84 percent reside, British Columbia, where 6 percent reside and Quebec, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Canada this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Israel, where 9 percent reside.

Brethour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brethour has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 412 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brethour Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brethour last name are 10.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.58% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brethour earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.46% less than the national average, earning $42,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.41% more than the national average, earning $51,377 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 Brethour
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