Breaker

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Something that breaks (something else)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020

/bɹeɪkɚ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Breaker is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 667K(measured from records)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 111K
  • CACanada≈1 in 403K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

499 people, 2010

Record sources
172 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 111K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Something that breaks (something else).

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Breaker counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Breaker is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4991 in 667K534Breaker172
GH Ghana≈270 est.≈1 in 111K—Breaker5
GB United Kingdom≈140 est.≈1 in 457K—Breaker50
IN India≈130 est.≈1 in 10M—Breaker10
CA Canada≈94 est.≈1 in 403K1Breaker41
IT Italy≈54 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Breaker3

499 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Breaker is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Chile, United Kingdom

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bréákér, Brëákër, Brèåkèr, Brêäkêr

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Bréàkér, Brëäkër, Bréâker

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Brëåkër

  • English surname111 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Burk, Bourke, Bergh, Buerk, Burke

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Breaker is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, hgalé-mo, ngo- mo; ze. of a dish, ngdlo

    as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language

  • In Spanish, breaker; circuit breaker

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, circuit breaker

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Mr Breaker,
InformalHi Breaker,

Evidence

(measured from records)

8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Breaker
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020534#43,557
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000523#39,560
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010499#43,285
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Breaker mean, and where does it come from?
Something that breaks (something else). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Breaker?
A machine transcription gives /bɹeɪkɚ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Breaker have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 499 people named Breaker, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled breaker.
How common is the name Breaker?
In the United States, the national register counted 499 people named Breaker in 2010, about 1 in 667 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Breaker”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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