Brägger Surname
Approximately 740 people bear this surname
Brägger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 738 | 1:11,129 | 1,835 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
The alternate forms: Bragger (686) are calculated separately.
Brägger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brägger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brägger occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Bragger. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brägger? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 457,199th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,848,035 people. The last name Brägger occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Brägger are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 738 people, or 1 in 11,129. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 41 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 18 percent are found and Canton of Thurgau, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Switzerland Brägger occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 0 percent are found and Liechtenstein, where 0 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
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- 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 Brägger
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