Brettingen Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Brettingen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brettingen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1991:1,821,402119,204
Norway211:244,87126,357
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Brettingen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brettingen is found most in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brettingen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,073,555th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name Brettingen is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Brettingen are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Brettingen is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 1,821,402. In The United States it is mostly found in: Wisconsin, where 39 percent are found, Minnesota, where 36 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.

Brettingen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brettingen surname are 25.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 79.07% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Brettingen earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.82% more than the national average, earning 366,234 kr per year and in United States they earn 34.63% more than the national average, earning $58,090 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brettengen9014/
Brittinging760/
Brenengen7495/
Bratengen7421/
Briningen741/
Brittinine701/
Breitensen601/
Brittenheim570/
Brestenheim570/
Brytensen531/
Børgensen531/

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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 Brettingen
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