Last Name BREEDEN

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Meaning	Local: Of Bredon, a parish in county Worcester, near Tewkesbury; also 'of Breedon,' a parish in county Leicester, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean

Rank	3,008 (2000 US census)	2,912 (1990 US census)

Count	11,039 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.42%, or 9981 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
6.27%, or 692 total occurrences, as black,
0.29%, or 32 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.49%, or 54 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.51%, or 167 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.02%, or 113 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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