Breña Surname
Approximately 1,992 people bear this surname
Breña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 1,612 | 1:19,717 | 2,328 |
| Cuba | 144 | 1:80,019 | 2,675 |
| Venezuela | 79 | 1:382,330 | 8,042 |
| Puerto Rico | 77 | 1:46,106 | 1,096 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Brena (3,961), Břeňa (3) & Brenå (1) are calculated separately.
Breña (28) may also be a first name.
Breña Demographics
Average Male Breña Height
172.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Breña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Breña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Breña occurs in Peru more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Brena, Břeňa or Brenå. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Breña? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 207,755th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,658,407 people. The surname Breña is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Breña reside; 85 percent reside in South America and 81 percent reside in Andean South America. Breña is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
The surname Breña is most frequently occurring in Peru, where it is carried by 1,612 people, or 1 in 19,717. In Peru Breña is most frequent in: Lima Province, where 42 percent reside, Huancavelica Region, where 24 percent reside and Junín Region, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Peru this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Cuba, where 7 percent reside and Venezuela, where 4 percent reside.
Breña Last Name Statistics demography
Breña earn marginally less than the average income. In Peru they earn 0.27% less than the national average, earning S/. 19,332 per year.
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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 Breña
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