Breil surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Breil surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 127 people carried this name — #124,872 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 503 people named Breil.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Haute-Garonne 127
Tarn 65
Lot 53
Aude 38
Tarn-et-Garonne 28
Ariège 28
Paris 23
Aveyron 22

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Breil live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Bern 9
Ticino 5
Basel-Stadt 3
Zurich 3

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Breil is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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