Brereton is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brereton
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Brereton

How popular is Brereton?

Brereton is common in Australia.

Brereton is ranked 54887 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Brereton bearers increased by 4.694836 per cent in 2010 US census to 1338 since 2000, the surname slipped by 473 spots and ranked at 20010. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.31 80.28
Black 18.31 16.28
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.25
Others 1.79 1.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.35 0
Brereton is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Trinidad and Tobago is ahead in terms of density. Around 8550 people have been found who wears Brereton as their family name. Brereton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
35,969 Denmark2
723,167 Indonesia2
118,441 Germany2
1,118 Isle of Man2
20,595 China2
91,784 Netherlands2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
1,704,541 India1
21,562 Portugal1
1,818 Guernsey1
123,175 Tanzania1
277,603 France1
91,024 Belgium1
153,416 Italy1
7,191 Afghanistan1
3,952 Yemen1
37,493 Austria1
40,340 Malaysia1
7,895 South Korea1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
42,407 Sweden22
15,050 Singapore18
81,586 Spain17
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
615 Barbados54
Countries with hundreds of Brereton:
6,958 Canada606
1,137 Ireland519
515 Trinidad and Tobago436
19,321 South Africa310
1,747 Wales226
5,613 New Zealand135
Countries with thousands of Brereton:
2,910 England2,640
17,883 United States1,830
1,962 Australia1,612
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Brereton worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Manhattan and arrived on April 9, 1850. Jas. Brereton, aged 16, Mary Brereton, aged 19, 20 years old Judy Brereton, 16 years old Catherine Brereton, Immigrant Patt Brereton, 45 years old Martin Brereton, Mrs Brereton, Patrick Brereton, aged 20, and 4 other Brereton around 57.14% of whom were servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Limerick and Dublin.

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