Breven Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Sweden

Breven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

The alternate forms: Brevén (10) are calculated separately.

Breven (75) may also be a first name.

Breven Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breven (Russian: Бревен) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as: Brevén. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Breven? popularity and diffusion

The last name Breven is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 25 percent of Breven are found; 25 percent are found in Central Africa and 25 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 75 people.

The surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 73,879,570. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 25 percent live and Sweden, where 25 percent live.

Breven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Breven has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Breven last name declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brevén9410/
Brieven9284/
Breiven927/
Breeven922/
Brevean921/
Brevent921/
Vreven83652/
Braven83132/
Brevin8321/
Broven8319/
Briven834/
Wreven831/
Breivienė80219/
Brebene77260/
Breving77148/
Brevink7786/
Britven7724/
Vreeven7718/
Braveen774/
Bretvin773/
Bravien772/
Brevina771/
Brivien771/
Brewein771/
Brevion771/
Brevain771/
Breivin771/
Vrevene771/
Brivenn770/
Brittven7110/
Breiving714/
Bravin676,008/
Brovin67919/
Browen67282/
Vrevin67149/
Brovyn6792/
Breavoine6762/
Brivin6739/
Breeswine6738/
Bresswein6712/
Brawen676/
Bravén673/
Bravín672/
Brevim671/
Brovén671/
Breshwein670/

Breven Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Breven in the Russian language
Бревенbreven-

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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 Breven
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