van Broeke Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Qatar

van Broeke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Broeke Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

van Broeke Last Name Facts

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

van Broeke is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of van Broeke reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 8,443,588. In The Netherlands van Broeke is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 50 percent reside and Overijssel, where 50 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.

van Broeke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van Broeke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the van Broeke surname decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Broek9557/
van Broecke952/
van Broeck901,044/
van Brooke903/
von Brocke809/
Van-Broeck803/
von Brake741/
von Breisky672/
van Bruchey671/
von Brusky602/

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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 Broeke
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