The Breit surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,302 people carried this name — #20,408 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,234 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Breit surname
From the German topographic surname for someone living near a wide brook, from breit (“wide, broad”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Breit» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 404 people named Breit live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 119 people named Breit.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
58 people named Breit live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Breit.
- Brehaut 172 · U.S. census
- Brehm 5,282 · U.S. census
- Brehon 134 · U.S. census
- Breidenstein 194 · U.S. census
- Breil 103 · U.S. census
- Breiner 1,214 · U.S. census
- Breitenbach 1,441 · U.S. census
- Breitenstein 1,355 · U.S. census
- Brem 629 · U.S. census
- Bremer 6,733 · U.S. census
- Bren 781 · U.S. census
- Brena 505 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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