Bréthaut Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Bréthaut Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bréthaut Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Brethaut (2) are calculated separately.

Bréthaut Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bréthaut Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bréthaut is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may occur as: Brethaut. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bréthaut? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Bréthaut occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bréthaut live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Bréthaut is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,737,638. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Valais, where 33 percent are found, Canton of Vaud, where 33 percent are found and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 33 percent are found. Not including Switzerland this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 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 Bréthaut
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