de Brett Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

de Brett Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Brett Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:1,238,17956,985
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

de Brett Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Brett is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Brett.

How Common Is The Last Name de Brett? popularity and diffusion

de Brett is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of de Brett live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 1,238,179. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 31 percent reside, East Sussex, where 27 percent reside and Berkshire, where 16 percent reside. Outside of England it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 10 percent reside and New Zealand, where 2 percent reside.

de Brett Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Brett has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the de Brett last name increased 643 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Brette942/
de Bret930/
de Britt88479/
de Breet88137/
De-Brett8820/
de Brest884/
des Brest8242/
de Bristt826/
de Brecht823/
de Britte822/
de Bree802,299/
de Brie80279/
de Bres80133/
de Brey8064/
de Brea8032/
de Breu8013/
de Brée8011/
de Brit805/
de Brer802/
de Briey75234/
de Breij75102/
de Breed7560/
de Brite7540/
de Bre's751/
de Britd751/
de Britp751/
de Vre71168/
de Bra7157/
de Bry7133/
de Bri718/
de Brí713/
de Bristh711/
da Bre711/
de Bré711/
de Vreest711/
Des-Brest711/
de Vree671,403/
de Bray67157/
de Vrey6748/
de Broi6742/
de Brij6711/
de Brés6710/
De-Bres678/
de Briz678/
de Broy673/
de Vrea671/
de Bruy671/
de Bris671/
de Brio671/
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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 de Brett
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