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 held by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Bresan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brešan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 919,444th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. It is mostly found 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 surname is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 16,809. In Slovenia Brešan is mostly found 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 Brešan is found in one country. It is also found 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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