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Where Does The Last Name O'Breen Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name O'Breen is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Breen? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 5,057,639^th most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of O'Breen reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

O'Breen is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,110,897. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 88 percent reside and South Holland, where 13 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands O'Breen occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Ireland, where 7 percent reside.

O'Breen Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of O'Breen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 70 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 86 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

O'Breen Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.