The Brea surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,128 people carried this name — #21,565 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
81 people named Brea live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Brea.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Yvelines.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brea.
- Bray 34,575 · U.S. census
- Braye 265 · U.S. census
- Brayer 385 · U.S. census
- Braz 720 · U.S. census
- Brazier 2,890 · U.S. census
- Brazille 207 · U.S. census
- Brean 331 · U.S. census
- Breard 238 · U.S. census
- Breau 627 · U.S. census
- Breaud 334 · U.S. census
- Brech 307 · U.S. census
- Brecheisen 529 · U.S. census
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