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The breton Surname

breton Name Meaning and History

French and English: ethnic name for a Breton, from Old French bret (oblique case breton) (see Brett).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of breton Families in the US in 1920

Number of breton families

28-53

10-27

1-9

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Thread	Author	Replies
looking for other bretons	wildmaniam	6
Looking for ancestry info for my oldest son	dchristianson11	0
Looking m=for my tread of Bretons	drkgdess	0
LOOKING FOR RELATIVES	regan itze garduno breton	18
To all Breton Elie family members (France-Canada-USA)	RobElieBreton	2
Breton Family	Smokyhill	0
Breton & Breton	fran0525	0
Marguerite Elie Breton, Quebec Canada	meganbassett	1
BRETON, Jean Camile, b. 1876 France, d. 1949 Canada	dubes	0
Breton of Maine and N.H.	frogspeaks	0

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