Breels Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Breels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Breels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1361:84,53413,247
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Breels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Breels is found most in Belgium. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Breels? popularity and diffusion

Breels is the 1,471,719th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. Breels is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Breels are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Breels is most frequent in Belgium, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 84,534. In Belgium Breels is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 21 percent reside. Not including Belgium it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside and Luxembourg, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brels9123/
Breitels8627/
Breelles861/
Breutels861/
Briels83741/
Breuls83663/
Bruels83127/
Bryels8334/
Brells8316/
Brãels831/
Brelsh831/
Broels830/
Bruyseels802/
Breuils7785/
Brelles7732/
Broyels7715/
Bruells7712/
Breales772/
Broiels770/
Breslse770/
Breyles770/
Brüls73307/
Brils73253/
Bryls7312/
Brelz732/
Bröls732/
Brielles71328/
Breulles7151/
Broelsch714/
Bruelles711/
Brellsch711/
Vreuls67550/
Brelje67300/
Brülls67133/
Broils67128/
Briols67125/
Brills6727/
Breuilles6724/
Broyls6710/
Vroels677/
Bruyelles676/
Børløs673/
Brouls672/
Vruels671/
Brails671/
Brleze671/
Brauls671/
Brühls671/
Brayls670/

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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 Breels
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