van Breet Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

van Breet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Breet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

van Breet Last Name Facts

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

van Breet is more frequently found in Suriname than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

The surname van Breet is the 2,746,821st most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname van Breet is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of van Breet are found; 64 percent are found in South America and 64 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America.

van Breet is most widespread in Suriname, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 17,269. Besides Suriname van Breet occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 30 percent reside and Curaçao, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Breest956/
van Bree942,974/
van Brest8946/
van Bre882/
van Brecht84280/
van Vree8287/
van Brée8234/
Van-Bree822/
van Bred821/
van Brie821/
van Vrest786/
van Bryte783/
van Britt781/
van Vre7512/
von Brecht7417/
van Vrey715/
van Writ710/
Van-Vrest671/
van Vré639/
van Vry631/
von Braud561/
von Broich5316/

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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
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  • 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 Breet
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