de Brits Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Brits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Brits 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
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Brits Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Brits is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of de Brits are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 33 percent live, Northern Cape, where 33 percent live and Western Cape, where 33 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent live.

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 Brites94662/
de Britos94241/
de Britis9449/
de Britas944/
de Britts942/
Debrits932/
de Brittos89183/
de Brittes89127/
de Brittis894/
de Britz8818/
Debrites881/
Debritos881/
de Brito Sa8422/
de Brotas8290/
de Britez8213/
de Bretas8210/
de Bartis822/
de Britoz821/
de Baerts821/
do Britos821/
de Brotes821/
de Bertis821/
Debrittes821/
Debritz8049/
de Briz808/
de Brito Sao807/
Dobrits804/
Deberts803/
Dubrits802/
de Brito Sou801/
de O Brittes801/
de Bardies7863/
de Brettes7819/
de Brittiz783/
de Huberts782/
de Barrtos781/
de Abrates781/
de Brottas781/
Dobritsa75465/
Daebritz7560/
Deberitz7530/
Debretes7522/
Debertis7513/
Dubritos7510/
Deboarts753/
de Prats752/
da Britz751/
de Broiz751/
Debortis751/
Du Britz751/
Doebritz751/
Dibritus751/
de Bratz751/
Debrytsa751/
de Barretos741/
de Boer-Tas741/
de Pretis71168/
te Baerts7191/
de Bordes7176/
de Pertis7155/
Dobrowits7136/
de Prates7126/
Dobritius7123/
de Bordas7119/
de Pretes7119/
de Portes7117/
de Broich7116/
Debrettes715/
Dieberitz715/
te Bearts715/
Deoberitz714/
de Pratis714/
Daeberitz714/
Deobertis712/
Doeberitz712/
de Partos712/
Deberadis711/
de Portis711/
de Prietz711/
de Bredas711/
de Pretos711/
da Brotas711/
Däbritz67377/
Dobritz67279/
Tebarts67209/
Dabritz6772/
Deprets6765/
de Abreu Dias6749/
Deprats6748/
de Bardeci6738/
Dubritz6725/
de Puertas6716/
Doberts6710/
Debretz678/
Dibarts674/
Debratz674/
Dobrets673/
Dubrets672/
de Paradis672/
Döbritz672/
Debords672/
de Oportes671/
Deberds671/
Deperts671/
de Pertusa671/
de Bertuci671/
Duberts670/
de Vriez630/
de Breche594/
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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 Brits
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