van Brawen Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

van Brawen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Brawen 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 Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

van Brawen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Brawen Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Brawen is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Brawen? popularity and diffusion

van Brawen is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of van Brawen are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Other than South Africa van Brawen is found in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 33 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
van Breen84271/
van Brien8416/
van Braun841/
van Breun841/
van Broen841/
van Bruen840/
van Bruggen763,732/
von Braun74269/
von Broen7412/
van Bruin742/
von Breven701/
Van-Bruggen6713/
Von-Braun636/
Von-Breen633/
von Braum631/
Von-Broen631/
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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 van Brawen
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