Bretsko Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Bretsko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bretsko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine3491:130,43818,395
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Bretško (1) are calculated separately.

Bretsko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bretsko (Russian: Брецко) is found most in Ukraine. It may also be found as a variant: Bretško. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bretsko? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 760,012th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. Bretsko is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Bretsko live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 349 people, or 1 in 130,438. In Ukraine Bretsko is most numerous in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 45 percent are found, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 35 percent are found and Odessa Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Ukraine this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 5 percent are found and Estonia, where 2 percent are found.

Bretsko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (40%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bretsko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bretsko in the Russian language
Брецкоbrecko-

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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 Bretsko
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