van Broek Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
van Broek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
van Broek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Broek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name van Broek occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Broek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name van Broek is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of van Broek live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname van Broek is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 375,271. In The Netherlands van Broek is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 47 percent reside, South Holland, where 31 percent reside and Zeeland, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands van Broek occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 9 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Broeck | 95 | 1,044 | / |
| van Broeke | 95 | 4 | / |
| van Brok | 94 | 1 | / |
| van Broecke | 90 | 2 | / |
| van Brock | 89 | 5 | / |
| van Brook | 89 | 4 | / |
| van Broock | 84 | 20 | / |
| van Brooke | 84 | 3 | / |
| Van-Broeck | 84 | 3 | / |
| van Brouck | 84 | 2 | / |
| van Bruck | 78 | 84 | / |
| von Brock | 78 | 28 | / |
| von Brook | 78 | 17 | / |
| van Brück | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Broock | 74 | 8 | / |
| van Brug | 71 | 346 | / |
| von Bruck | 67 | 6 | / |
| von Brück | 67 | 4 | / |
| Von-Brock | 67 | 1 | / |
| Van-Brugh | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Broek
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