van Brecht Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
van Brecht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 154 | 1:109,657 | 17,576 |
| Belgium | 96 | 1:119,757 | 17,631 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
van Brecht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Brecht Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Brecht is found most in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name van Brecht? popularity and diffusion
van Brecht is the 937,786th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. van Brecht is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of van Brecht reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 89 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 109,657. In The Netherlands van Brecht is mostly found in: South Holland, where 67 percent reside, Utrecht, where 12 percent reside and Overijssel, where 9 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 34 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Bracht | 90 | 391 | / |
| von Brecht | 90 | 17 | / |
| van Breet | 84 | 50 | / |
| van Brest | 84 | 46 | / |
| van Bre | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Breest | 80 | 6 | / |
| von Bracht | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Bree | 78 | 2,974 | / |
| van Brée | 78 | 34 | / |
| van Bred | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Brie | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Bryce | 74 | 12 | / |
| van Vrest | 74 | 6 | / |
| van Bryte | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Britt | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Vre | 71 | 12 | / |
| von Broich | 70 | 16 | / |
| van Vree | 67 | 87 | / |
| van Vrey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Van-Bree | 67 | 2 | / |
| Van-Vrest | 63 | 1 | / |
| van Vré | 59 | 9 | / |
| van Vry | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Brix | 56 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Brecht
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