van Brest Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
van Brest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
van Brest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Brest Come From? nationality or country of origin
van Brest is most common in Suriname. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Brest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,876,555th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of van Brest live; 83 percent live in South America and 83 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.
This last name is most frequent in Suriname, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 14,543. Apart from Suriname van Brest exists in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Breest | 95 | 6 | / |
| van Breet | 89 | 50 | / |
| van Vrest | 89 | 6 | / |
| van Bre | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Brecht | 84 | 280 | / |
| van Bree | 82 | 2,974 | / |
| van Brée | 82 | 34 | / |
| van Bred | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Brie | 82 | 1 | / |
| van Bryce | 78 | 12 | / |
| van Bryte | 78 | 3 | / |
| Van-Vrest | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Britt | 78 | 1 | / |
| van Vre | 75 | 12 | / |
| von Brecht | 74 | 17 | / |
| van Vree | 71 | 87 | / |
| van Vrey | 71 | 5 | / |
| Van-Bree | 71 | 2 | / |
| van Vré | 63 | 9 | / |
| van Vry | 63 | 1 | / |
| von Brix | 59 | 1 | / |
| von Broich | 53 | 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 Brest
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