Bret is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, France, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bret
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Germany, France, England
Meaning:

The variant form of the Brett. One who came from Brette, the name of two places in France; one who came from Bretagne, or Brittany, in France; descendant of Briddo meaning bridle.

The variant form of Britt. One who came from Brit, i.e., the port or borough belonging to Bredy, in Dorset.

The surname is form of Brett. Brito, a native of Brittany. The parish of Samford Brett, county of Somerset, was the lordship of Hugh Brito, one of the assassins of Thomas á Becket. Domesday Book abounds with Brito as a surname. No less than seven persons bearing it were tenants in chief in many counties. They had probably served in the Conqueror's army under his great ally, Alan, earl of Brittany. Morant's Essex, Kelham's Domesday In Scotland, Burts was a name given to the Welsh or ancient Britons in general: also to those of Strath-Clyde, to distinguish them from the Scots and Picts.

How popular is Bret?

Bret is common in France, United States, Argentina, Spain, Mexico.

Bret is ranked 66180 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bret bearers increased by 6.45 per cent in 2010 US census to 132 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1861 spots and ranked at 129047. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.67 94.35
Black 3.79 0
Bret is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 7537 people have been found who wears Bret as their family name. Bret is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bret:
1,043 France6,222
Countries with hundreds of Bret:
103,699 United States237
15,286 Argentina234
13,842 Spain231
12,932 Mexico128
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,715 Czechia73
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,675 England38
11,471 Dominican Republic31
16,331 Venezuela27
231,865 Russia27
2,339 French Polynesia25
5,175 Luxembourg20
461,117 India18
67,452 Malaysia18
133,872 Canada17
104,965 Poland17
196,901 Germany15
7,342 Northern Ireland14
295,035 Brazil13
46,196 Switzerland12
410,938 Indonesia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
150,017 South Africa10
32,268 Uzbekistan9
54,497 Morocco9
41,100 Ivory Coast9
47,603 Denmark6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Claude Bret worked as painter and hailed from France. 20 years old embarked for New York from Southampton on Saint Louis and arrived on November 18, 1895. Cltilda Bret (28) Lace maker, Servant Pierre-Merande Bret, U-Mr Bret (33) Reporter, Charles Bret, aged 30, 69 years old U-Mr Bret, 35 years old Charles Bret, are other Bret that migrated to US.

Bret Namesakes

  • David Bret, French-born British author of showbiz biographies

Bret Namesakes

  • David Bret, French-born British author of showbiz biographies

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