Bree is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England, Netherlands. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bree
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, England, Netherlands
Meaning:

Variant form of Breeze. Corresponds with Bresi, a Northman name in the Landnamabok, by metathesis for bersi, Old Norse, a bear.

Family name is the variant form of Breese. The son of Rhys meaning "ardor, a rush".

Bree is variation of the Breese. The son of Rhys meaning "ardor, a rush".

Surname is form of Bree. A northern word signifying a brow or declivity, apparently the same as the "brae" of Scottish song.

A northern word signifying a brow or declivity, apparently the same as the "brae" of Scottish song.

Bree is a variant of the Breeze. Corresponds with Bresi, a Northman name in the Landnamabok, by metathesis for bersi, Old Norse, a bear.

Bree is form of Breeze. Ab Rhys, Ap Rees. Welsh.

The surname Bree is the variant form of Breeze. Ab Rhys, Ap Rees. Welsh.

How popular is Bree?

Bree is common in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, United States, Netherlands, Palestine, Germany, England, France, Jordan, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland.

Bree is ranked 56108 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bree bearers increased by 2.78 per cent in 2010 US census to 666 since 2000, the surname slipped by 862 spots and ranked at 34110. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.69 91.82
Black 6.76 5.25
Hispanic or Latino 3.3 1.85
Others 1.65 0
Bree is quite popular family name mostly used in Lebanon however Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 9046 people have been found who wears Bree as their family name. Bree is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Bree:
594 Lebanon1,790
946 Syria1,782
1,399 Iraq1,263
Countries with hundreds of Bree:
33,283 United States963
5,942 Netherlands477
2,025 Palestine450
25,969 Germany342
16,709 England297
37,912 France271
4,182 Jordan249
19,922 Argentina174
17,847 Australia154
23,093 Canada152
2,987 Ireland129
4,471 Scotland102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,829 New Zealand94
206 Jersey68
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,910 Yemen46
31,734 Belgium44
20,323 United Arab Emirates30
5,642 Suriname19
55,452 Papua New Guinea19
7,342 Northern Ireland14
248,185 Nigeria12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
26,061 Serbia9
7,955 China9
75,134 Austria8
405,029 Brazil8
75,466 Israel6
170,578 Malaysia6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Honor Bree worked as and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Sligo on Linden and arrived on November 15, 1848. Jno. Bree (20) Immigrant, Pat Bree (25) Immigrant, 23 years old Mary Bree, 40 years old Mary Bree, Mary Bree (25) Maid, Cathe. Bree (20) Immigrant, 25 years old Michael Bree, Ellen Bree, aged 50, are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Farmer Joh. Bree from Hanover aboard the Coriolan from Bremen. He is registered to be 18 years old when he arrived in New York on January 4, 1854. Cigar maker August Bree, Fiiedrich Bree (36) Merchant, Maria Bree, Hermann Bree (22) Farmer, Farmer Wilhelm Bree, Aug. Bree, 28 years old Carl Bree, 29 years old Elis. Bree, Elis. Bree, aged 6 months old, Joh. Bree (6 months old), 40 years old George Bree, and 2 other Bree majority of whom were farmer and others worked as merchant migrated to US.

Bree Namesakes

  • Andrew Bree, breaststroke swimmer
  • Declan Bree, Irish independent politician
  • Barley Bree, Northern Irish-Canadian band active

Bree Namesakes

  • Andrew Bree, breaststroke swimmer
  • Declan Bree, Irish independent politician
  • Barley Bree, Northern Irish-Canadian band active

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