Popularity of the last name by country
United Kingdom
- Somerset (388)
- Gloucestershire (153)
- Lancashire (95)
- Cornwall (44)
- Warwickshire (32)
- London (26)
- North Yorkshire (24)
- Norfolk (23)
- Essex (15)
- Avon (13)
- Suffolk (10)
- Shropshire (9)
- East Sussex (9)
- Kent (8)
- Surrey (8)
- Staffordshire (8)
- Hampshire (7)
- Lincolnshire (7)
- Strathclyde (6)
- Armagh (4)
- Derbyshire (4)
- Devon (4)
- Herefordshire and Worcester (4)
- Leicestershire (4)
- Northumberland (2)
- Bedfordshire (1)
- Buckinghamshire (1)
- Berkshire (1)
- Isle of Man (1)
- Londonderry (1)
- Lothian (1)
- Nottinghamshire (1)
- South Yorkshire (1)
All countries
- France (9,188)
- United Kingdom (963)
- United States (317)
- Italy (152)
- Ireland (98)
- Austria (90)
- Norway (65)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (43)
- Netherlands (35)
- Belgium (30)
- Romania (30)
- Canada (27)
- Spain (26)
- Switzerland (23)
- Australia (16)
- New Caledonia (10)
- Germany (9)
- Algeria (7)
- Latvia (7)
- Russian Federation (6)
- Unknown country (6)
- Hungary (5)
- Czech republic (4)
- New Zealand (3)
- Réunion (3)
- Sweden (3)
- Finland (2)
- Peru (2)
- Poland (2)
- Denmark (1)
- India (1)
- Mexico (1)
- Panama (1)
- Turkey (1)
Origine of last name
BREAN : 1: English: habitational name from Brean in Somerset. The etymology of the placename is uncertain.2: Irish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Breen">Breen</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Brain">Brain</a>.3: French (Bréan; mainly Eure-et-Loir): variant of Bréand itself probably from Breton <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Briand">Briand</a> or alternatively from Breton Bréhant a habitational name from Brehant (French: Bréhand) a place in Brittany.
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