van Breen Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
van Breen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 219 | 1:77,110 | 13,022 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
The alternate forms: van Breën (1) are calculated separately.
van Breen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Breen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Breen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: van Breën. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Breen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 961,438th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of van Breen are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
van Breen is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 77,110. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Overijssel, where 25 percent are found, South Holland, where 22 percent are found and North Holland, where 17 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Breën | 96 | 1 | / |
| van Brenk | 89 | 737 | / |
| van Brien | 89 | 16 | / |
| van Broen | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Breun | 89 | 1 | / |
| van Brent | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Bruen | 89 | 0 | / |
| van Brawen | 84 | 3 | / |
| van Brendt | 84 | 0 | / |
| von Bren | 82 | 15 | / |
| van Wren | 82 | 0 | / |
| van Bruggen | 80 | 3,732 | / |
| van Brink | 78 | 485 | / |
| van Bremt | 78 | 21 | / |
| von Broen | 78 | 12 | / |
| van Vreng | 78 | 5 | / |
| Von-Breen | 78 | 3 | / |
| van Bruin | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Braun | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Bhren | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Brint | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Bremdt | 74 | 4 | / |
| Van-Bruggen | 70 | 13 | / |
| von Beheren | 70 | 0 | / |
| von Braun | 67 | 269 | / |
| von Bruun | 67 | 10 | / |
| Von-Broen | 67 | 1 | / |
| van Brimt | 67 | 0 | / |
| von Behern | 63 | 0 | / |
| van Wehering | 57 | 1 | / |
| Von-Braun | 56 | 6 | / |
| von Braum | 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 Breen
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