Last name: BRETON
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All you have to know about the last name BRETON
Last name frequency
BRETON : This last name is indexed 1,763,934 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BRETON : French Breton (mainly Finistère) and English (of Norman origin): ethnic name for a Breton from Old French breton oblique case of bret (see Bret). Compare Lebreton see also English Brett.
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- BROTOME
- BROTTONNE
- BROTONE
- BRETONE
- BRETONNE
- BROTHONNE
- BROTHONE
- BRETHONNE
- BROTTONE
- BRETTONNE
- BRETTONE
- BROSTONNE
- BRESTONNE
- BROSTON
- BRESTON
- DEBROTONNE
- DESBROTONNES
- de BROTONNE
- des BROTONNE
- de BROSTONNE
- de BRESTONNE
- BERTHON
- BERTON
- BRETHON
- BEURTON
- BROTON
- BERETON
- BROFONS
- BROTOUR
- BROTANS
- BURTON
- BOURTON
- BARRETON
- BARTON
- BARTHON
- BARETIN
- BORTON
- BRETTON
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