Brewel Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Brewel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brewel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Liberia51:881,70733,815
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Brewel (36) may also be a first name.

Brewel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brewel is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brewel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. Brewel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Brewel reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 36 people.

This last name is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 1,206,227. In The Netherlands Brewel is most common in: North Brabant, where 93 percent are found and Gelderland, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 20 percent are found and Liberia, where 17 percent are found.

Brewel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brewel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brewell92166/
Breewel9262/
Braewell866/
Breewell864/
Breawell861/
Brewwell860/
Brebel83273/
Briewl833/
Brewill7749/
Braeuel7714/
Breibel772/
Breivel772/
Briwell770/
Browl7312/
Brawl739/
Briwl732/
Browwell712/
Brawwell711/
Browaell711/
Briowell711/
Bruywell711/
Braywell710/
Browuell710/
Brebil6711/
Brywil673/
Brebøl673/
Vrebel671/
Browil671/
Brawhl670/
Briouel621,002/
Vreibel6220/
Breibøl625/
Brisuel621/
Browill620/
Brayuell570/
Bribyl501/
Bribil500/

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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 Brewel
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