Bredesen is used as a family name or surname in Norway. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bredesen
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Norway
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bredesen

How popular is Bredesen?

Bredesen is common in Norway.

Bredesen is ranked 191123 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bredesen bearers increased by 4.77707 per cent in 2010 US census to 329 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1040 spots and ranked at 61123. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.92 94.9
Hispanic or Latino 2.13 1.91
Others 1.82 1.91
Bredesen is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Norway which may be its originating country too. Around 1830 people have been found who wears Bredesen as their family name. Bredesen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
179,761 Australia6
90,215 Germany3
1,219,338 India3
21,529 Singapore2
7,292 Vietnam1
13,447 Uganda1
897,276 Russia1
25,746 Finland1
30,360 Thailand1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,883 Canada37
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,704 Sweden73
9,137 Denmark64
Countries with hundreds of Bredesen:
57,917 United States444
Countries with thousands of Bredesen:
382 Norway1,167

Bredesen Namesakes

  • Phil Bredesen, Former Governor of Tennessee
  • Phil Bredesen, Former Governor of Tennessee
  • Per Bredesen, Soccer player
  • Lene Bredesen, Soccer player
  • Per Bredesen, Soccer player
  • Phil Bredesen, Former Governor of Tennessee
  • Phil Bredesen, Former Governor of Tennessee
  • Trond-Arne Bredesen, Olympic athlete
  • Espen Bredesen, Ski jumper

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