Last Name BRITTEN

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Meaning	Local: Of Brittany. Also nickname the Breton. Immigrants from Brittany. A very large number occure in the Hundred Rolls of 1273. A native of Britain, the ancient name of England. Several derivations have been given to Britain, such as 'Brydon' or 'Prydyn,' Welsh, the fair tribe, or brave men. 'Bridaoine,' Gaelic, from 'Bri,' dignity, and 'daoire,' men. 'Pryddain,' the fair and beautiful isle. 'Brait' or 'Briand,' extensive, and 'in,' land. 'Brit-tane,' the land of tin.

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian, South african

Rank	11,557 (2000 US census)	11,589 (1990 US census)

Count	2,495 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

73.07%, or 1823 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.41%, or 584 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.24%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.36%, or 34 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.56%, or 39 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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