Broest Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Broest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Broest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Broest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Broest occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Broest.
How Common Is The Last Name Broest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. Broest is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Broest live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 734,225. In The Netherlands Broest is primarily found in: South Holland, where 48 percent reside, North Holland, where 43 percent reside and Gelderland, where 4 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Broest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Broest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Broest surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Broest
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