Brešan Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Brešan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 148 | 1:16,809 | 3,906 |
| Croatia | 140 | 1:30,204 | 6,204 |
The alternate forms: Bresan (400) are calculated separately.
Brešan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brešan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brešan is found in Slovenia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Bresan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brešan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 919,444th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name Brešan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brešan are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 16,809. In Slovenia it is most frequent in: Gorizia, where 72 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 10 percent are found and Upper Carniola, where 8 percent are found. Other than Slovenia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Croatia, where 49 percent are found.
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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 Brešan
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