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
Brešan is more frequently found in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Bresan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brešan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Brešan is the 919,444th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brešan live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 16,809. In Slovenia Brešan is most prevalent in: Gorizia, where 72 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 10 percent are found and Upper Carniola, where 8 percent are found. Beside Slovenia it occurs in one country. It also occurs 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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