Last Name BREIT

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Jewish, German, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 20,099 (2000 US census) 17,862 (1990 US census)
Count 1,234 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 97%, or 1197 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.41%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.73%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.3%, or 16 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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