van Brest Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

van Brest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Brest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname381:14,5433,502
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Breest956/
van Breet8950/
van Vrest896/
van Bre882/
van Brecht84280/
van Bree822,974/
van Brée8234/
van Bred821/
van Brie821/
van Bryce7812/
van Bryte783/
Van-Vrest781/
van Britt781/
van Vre7512/
von Brecht7417/
van Vree7187/
van Vrey715/
Van-Bree712/
van Vré639/
van Vry631/
von Brix591/
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
  • 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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