van Breda Surname

109,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Breda Surname Definition:

Place name in Holland. Scene of famous siege in 80 Years War with Spain in 16th Century.

van Breda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,2911:23,6483,008
Netherlands1,2321:13,7072,027
Belgium3451:33,3245,414
Australia1121:241,03322,440
England701:795,97243,050
Canada511:722,46357,796
United States351:10,355,970420,657
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Namibia101:240,9409,927
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belize11:355,4743,977
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: van Brëda (1) are calculated separately.

van Breda Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in Holland. Scene of famous siege in 80 Years War with Spain in 16th Century.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

van Breda Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Breda occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant: van Brëda. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

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

van Breda is the 109,468th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,714,313 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of van Breda are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name van Breda is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 2,291 people, or 1 in 23,648. In South Africa van Breda is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent live. Aside from South Africa van Breda exists in 29 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 29 percent live and Belgium, where 8 percent live.

van Breda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van Breda has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the van Breda surname rose 7,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

van Breda Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Breda earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.06% more than the national average, earning R 461,160 per year and in Canada they earn 11.66% less than the national average, earning $43,890 CAD per year.

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