van Brée Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
van Brée Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: van Bree (2,974) are calculated separately.
van Brée Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Brée Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Brée occurs most in Belgium. It may also be found as a variant: van Bree. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Brée? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of van Brée are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 383,221. In Belgium van Brée is most common in: Brussels Capital Region, where 53 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 40 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Belgium it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 6 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Bree | 96 | 2,974 | / |
| van Bre | 93 | 2 | / |
| van Bred | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Brie | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Breet | 82 | 50 | / |
| van Brest | 82 | 46 | / |
| van Vre | 80 | 12 | / |
| van Vré | 80 | 9 | / |
| van Brecht | 78 | 280 | / |
| van Breest | 78 | 6 | / |
| van Vree | 75 | 87 | / |
| van Vrey | 75 | 5 | / |
| Van-Bree | 75 | 2 | / |
| van Vries | 71 | 11 | / |
| van Britt | 71 | 1 | / |
| von Brecht | 67 | 17 | / |
| van Vry | 67 | 1 | / |
| von Broich | 56 | 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 Brée
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