Brakels Surname

828,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 334 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Brakels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brakels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2621:64,45511,064
Australia401:674,89346,030
England121:4,643,172139,951
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Brakels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brakels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Brakels is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brakels? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 828,895th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Brakels reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 64,455. In The Netherlands Brakels is primarily found in: Groningen, where 31 percent reside, North Brabant, where 22 percent reside and Drenthe, where 20 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 12 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Brakels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brakels has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Brakels last name rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brakells931/
Brekels861/
Breukels80109/
Breckels8054/
Bröckels8021/
Bracells808/
Brockels801/
Breekels800/
Brokles711/
Breckles67145/
Brockles6748/
Brockless6376/
Brookless634/
Brocklest630/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brakels
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