van Breest Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
van Breest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
van Breest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Breest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Breest is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Breest? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Breest is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name van Breest is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of van Breest live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Breest is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,221,794. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Friesland, where 25 percent reside, Groningen, where 25 percent reside and North Holland, where 25 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 17 percent reside and Spain, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Breet | 95 | 50 | / |
| van Brest | 95 | 46 | / |
| van Bree | 89 | 2,974 | / |
| van Vrest | 84 | 6 | / |
| van Bre | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Brecht | 80 | 280 | / |
| van Vree | 78 | 87 | / |
| van Brée | 78 | 34 | / |
| Van-Bree | 78 | 2 | / |
| van Brie | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Bred | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Bryce | 74 | 12 | / |
| van Bryte | 74 | 3 | / |
| van Britt | 74 | 1 | / |
| Van-Vrest | 74 | 1 | / |
| van Vre | 71 | 12 | / |
| von Brecht | 70 | 17 | / |
| van Vrey | 67 | 5 | / |
| van Vré | 59 | 9 | / |
| van Vry | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Brix | 56 | 1 | / |
| von Broich | 50 | 16 | / |
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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 Breest
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