Breen

12,537 people in the United States were counted with the surname Breen in the 2020 census, making it the 2,799th most common in the country. That is about one person in 23,800.

By the numbers

People: 12,537
Rank: 2,799th
How common: 1 in 23,800
Per 100,000: 4.2

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Breen described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 89.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
Black, not Hispanic 3.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Breen

Craig Breen (1990–2023)Irish rally driver
Gary Breen (born 1973)Irish footballer
Patrick Breen (born 1960)American actor
Neil Breen (born 1958)American film director
George Breen (1935–2019)American swimmer
Melissa Breen (born 1990)Australian sprinter

People named Breen with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Breen

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.