Bretinger Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Bretinger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Bretinger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bretinger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bretinger is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bretinger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Bretinger is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Bretinger reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Bretinger is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,683,515. In Germany Bretinger is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 97 percent live and Bavaria, where 3 percent live. Not including Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live.
Bretinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bretinger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bretinger surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Bretinger
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