The Breitenstein surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,162 people carried this name — #21,069 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
502 people named Breitenstein live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 122 people named Breitenstein.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Doubs.
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 Breitenstein.
- Brehon 131 · U.S. census
- Breidenstein 329 · U.S. census
- Breil 127 · U.S. census
- Breiner 1,395 · U.S. census
- Breit 1,234 · U.S. census
- Breitenbach 1,442 · U.S. census
- Brem 642 · U.S. census
- Bremer 6,581 · U.S. census
- Bren 799 · U.S. census
- Brena 392 · U.S. census
- Brenckle 147 · U.S. census
- Brendel 2,160 · U.S. census
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