de Brés Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

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

de Brés Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Brés 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 Africa81:6,772,213167,054
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Bres (133) are calculated separately.

de Brés Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Brés occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered as: de Bres. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. de Brés is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of de Brés are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name de Brés is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa de Brés is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 75 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Western Cape, where 13 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

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 Bres95133/
de Bré921/
de Brée8611/
de Bris861/
de Bresc808/
de Bruis806/
de Brest804/
de Bruys802/
de Bre's801/
de Brish801/
de Vré7783/
de Bra7757/
de Bry7733/
de Bri778/
de Brí773/
des Brest7542/
de Bristt756/
de Broise753/
de Bristh751/
de Bresse751/
de Bree712,299/
de Brie71279/
de Bray71157/
de Brix7168/
de Brey7164/
de Broi7142/
de Brea7132/
de Breu7113/
de Brij7111/
de Briz718/
De-Bres718/
de Brit715/
de Broy713/
de Briesch712/
de Brer712/
de Vres711/
de Vris711/
de Brio711/
de Bruy711/
de Bret710/
de Britt67479/
de Briey67234/
de Breet67137/
de Breij67102/
de Breed6760/
de Brett6752/
de Vrees6733/
de Braij6713/
de Wries672/
de Vrise672/
de Braia671/
de Bruid671/
de Britd671/
de Broiz671/
de Bruij671/
de Brice671/
de Bruix671/
de Britp671/
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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 Brés
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