Brettwood Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Brettwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brettwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:3,095,448105,421
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Brettwood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brettwood occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brettwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Brettwood is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Brettwood are found; 66 percent are found in Northern Europe and 66 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,095,448. In England Brettwood is most frequent in: Tyne and Wear, where 83 percent are found, Cheshire, where 11 percent are found and Durham, where 6 percent are found. Aside from England this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 17 percent are found.

Brettwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brettwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Brettwood surname grew 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bretwood944/
Breathwood840/
Bredwood82215/
Brothwood78386/
Breadwood788/
Brithwood781/
Breidwood780/
Brythwood780/
Braithwood7434/
Bradwood711/
Braidwood671,417/
Bredwad6321/
Bristwo631/
Brytwa5314/
Bredbo539/
Britwa534/
Breathwate530/
Brzytwa50250/
Bredvad5020/
Brzitwa5019/
Breadua502/
Bredvat501/

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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 Brettwood
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