van den Broeck Surname

44,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van den Broeck Surname User-submission:

Van den Broek means 'originating from the broek'. Broek is a type of landscape found in the Netherlands. A broek is created by subsurface groundwater which keeps the landscape in a wet, swampy state.

van den Broeck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium10,9861:1,04637
France2971:223,64634,695
Netherlands1661:101,73016,487
South Africa981:552,83443,423
Luxembourg311:18,7274,129
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Spain211:2,226,28755,801
England211:2,653,24194,788
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Wales51:618,90625,852
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Monaco31:12,3552,088
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

van den Broeck Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Van den Broek means 'originating from the broek'. Broek is a type of landscape found in the Netherlands. A broek is created by subsurface groundwater which keeps the landscape in a wet, swampy state.

- tbreidr

This surname means 'from Brussels' in Old Dutch.

- 00000

Van den Broeck means 'from the marsh (land)'.

- guidovandenbroeck

van den Broeck Last Name Facts

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

van den Broeck is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van den Broeck.

How Common Is The Last Name van den Broeck? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 44,198th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 620,217 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of van den Broeck reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 10,986 people, or 1 in 1,046. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Beside Belgium this last name occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

van den Broeck Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van den Broeck earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 16.38% less than the national average, earning R 198,708 per year and in Canada they earn 17.55% more than the national average, earning $58,404 CAD per year.

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