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 held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of van Breest click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Breest? popularity and diffusion
The last name van Breest is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of van Breest reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,221,794. In The Netherlands van Breest is most numerous in: Friesland, where 25 percent are found, Groningen, where 25 percent are found and North Holland, where 25 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent are found and Spain, where 17 percent are found.
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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