Bretteville Surname

711,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Norway

Bretteville Surname Definition:

Bretteville: is given twice by Leland. It stands for Breteville, a barony near Caen. Gilbert de Bretteville was a Domesday Baron, holding lands in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire.

Bretteville Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3751:177,12727,609
Norway301:171,41020,526
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Bretteville Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bretteville: is given twice by Leland. It stands for Breteville, a barony near Caen. Gilbert de Bretteville was a Domesday Baron, holding lands in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

A Norman name: From the Domesday Book, de Breteville. Bretteville; a local name

British Family Names (1894) by Henry Barber

Bretteville Last Name Facts

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

Bretteville occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bretteville? popularity and diffusion

It is the 711,133rd most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bretteville reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Bretteville is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 177,127. In France Bretteville is primarily concentrated in: Normandy, where 63 percent live, Île-de-France, where 13 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 6 percent live. Excluding France it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 7 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Bretteville Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bretteville has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bretteville surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bretteville Last Name Statistics demography

Bretteville earn more than double the average income. In Norway they earn 176.31% more than the national average, earning 956,257 kr per year.

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