Broek Surname
Approximately 3,264 people bear this surname
Broek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,464 | 1:6,854 | 780 |
| United States | 341 | 1:1,062,929 | 77,588 |
| Germany | 196 | 1:410,742 | 37,603 |
| Canada | 72 | 1:511,744 | 43,418 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 1:1,731,679 | 89,620 |
Broek (100) may also be a first name.
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Broek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Broek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Broek is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Broek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 137,316th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,232,704 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Broek reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 946,056th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 100 people.
Broek is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2,464 people, or 1 in 6,854. In The Netherlands Broek is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 24 percent reside, North Holland, where 24 percent reside and South Holland, where 17 percent reside. Other than The Netherlands this surname is found in 35 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Germany, where 6 percent reside.
Broek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Broek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Broek surname grew 1,176 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Broek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Broek last name are 42.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.78% being registered with the party.
The amount Broek earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 46.68% more than the national average, earning 507,646 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.04% more than the national average, earning $47,483 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.19% less than the national average, earning $42,632 CAD per year.
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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 Broek
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