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 more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: de Bres. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of de Brés live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 75 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Western Cape, where 13 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

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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