van Bruyssel Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Bruyssel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Bruyssel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1981:58,0649,401
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van Bruyssel Last Name Facts

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

The surname van Bruyssel is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of van Bruyssel click here.

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

The surname is the 1,173,425th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van Bruyssel live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 58,064. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 93 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Belgium van Bruyssel is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Brussel963,342/
van Bruysel9652/
van Brusselt92109/
van Breussel921/
van Brussell920/
Van-Brussel8734/
van Brüssel871/
van Briel76288/
van Breul760/
von Briel6726/
von Bruhl671/
von Brühl577/

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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
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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 Bruyssel
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