Lebreton Surname

23,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Lebreton Surname Definition:

(French) The Breton [French le, the; Latin ille + breton, of Bretagne or Brittany, Latin Britannia (Minor); Latin Britanni, Britons; Greek Bρεττανία, Bρεττανίκή), Britain:—the stem is from the prim. form of Welsh brith = Irish brit, motley, pied, varicoloured, speckled; Welsh Brylhon = Cornish Brethon = Irish Breat(h)n-ach (cp.

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Lebreton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France19,7231:3,368236
Canada1,5331:24,0353,268
Haiti7961:13,4221,301
United States6721:539,37344,730
Australia661:409,02632,879
England661:844,21344,691
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Ecuador541:294,5538,948
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
New Caledonia311:8,9102,168
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Monaco71:5,295668
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Wales51:618,90625,852
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
China31:455,773,85521,925
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Lebreton (28) may also be a first name.

Lebreton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French) The Breton [French le, the; Latin ille + breton, of Bretagne or Brittany, Latin Britannia (Minor); Latin Britanni, Britons; Greek Bρεττανία, Bρεττανίκή), Britain:—the stem is from the prim. form of Welsh brith = Irish brit, motley, pied, varicoloured, speckled; Welsh Brylhon = Cornish Brethon = Irish Breat(h)n-ach (cp. also Irish britach, stammering like a Briton), Briton, Welshman; cp. Welsh Brithwr (brith, varicoloured, etc. + (g)wr, man), Pict (the allusion, of course, is to the painting or tattooing practices of the ancient Celts). The argument against the connexion of brith with Brython is fallacious]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Lebreton Last Name Facts

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

Lebreton is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lebreton? popularity and diffusion

Lebreton is the 23,326th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 313,672 people. The surname Lebreton is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Lebreton are found; 77 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 28 people.

The surname is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 19,723 people, or 1 in 3,368. In France Lebreton is mostly concentrated in: Pays de la Loire, where 23 percent are found, Brittany, where 17 percent are found and Normandy, where 14 percent are found. Aside from France it exists in 54 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 7 percent are found and Haiti, where 3 percent are found.

Lebreton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lebreton has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lebreton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lebreton last name are 8.09% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.86% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lebreton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.77% more than the national average, earning R 398,688 per year; in United States they earn 6.76% more than the national average, earning $46,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.61% less than the national average, earning $45,406 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lebrethon94257/
Lebretton9488/
Le'breton942/
Lebretonc941/
Le'bretton891/
Lebriton8835/
Labreton882/
Lebroton882/
Levreton881/
Libreton880/
Lebritton8227/
Labretton821/
Le'britton784/
Lebrechthausen6426/

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