The Bredin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 232 people carried this name — #81,458 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 217 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bredin surname
Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Giolla Bhrídín, related to Mac Giolla Bhrighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bredin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 334 people named Bredin.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Loire-Atlantique.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
325 people named Bredin is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Bredin,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Bredin 1862–1942 · politician -
Rae Sloan Bredin 1880–1933 · teacher -
Edith Mary Bredin d. 1895
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Louis Bredin 1738–1814 · veterinarian
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Claude Julien Bredin 1776–1854 · veterinarian
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Margaret Louisa Gray 1791–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bredin.
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