Brekka

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: SSB PxWebApi, 2025

/brəkːɑ/(machine-generated) Norwegian · model-generated

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Brekka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country: 468 people, counted by SSB.

  • NONorway1 in 12K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 5Mfew records
  • CACanada≈1 in 3Mfew records

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.

Norway (measured from records)

468 people

Record sources
72 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

How to pronounce Brekka

  • Norwegian:/brəkːɑ/(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where the surname Brekka is found

(measured from records)

Brekka 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 Brekka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NO Norway4681 in 12K468Brekka6
US United States≈68 est.≈1 in 5M5Brekka72
GB United Kingdom≈21 est.≈1 in 3.3M—Brekka3
CA Canada≈14 est.≈1 in 3M—Brekka10
MA Morocco———Brekka1
BO Bolivia———Brekka1

468 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)

Brekka is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Norwegian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, United States

    Also written Brekkaa, Brekkå

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway

    Also written Brekkå

18 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)

Brekka 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 Faroese, slope, hillside, acclivity

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

  • In Icelandic, slope, hillside

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

  • In non, slope

    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.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Ms Brekka,
InformalHi Brekka,

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Brekka?
In Norwegian /brəkːɑ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Which countries have the most people with the surname Brekka?
In Norway, the national register counted about 468 people named Brekka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brekka. After it come United States, United Kingdom and Canada; the country table on this page ranks them.
Where is Brekka most common?
Brekka is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Brekka?
In Norway, the national register counted 468 people named Brekka, about 1 in 12 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, “Brekka” — ranked 2992nd in Norway (SSB). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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