Brees Family History
Brees Name Meaning
Dutch: habitational name from any of the various places in France
named Buré, for example in Orne and Meurthe-et-Moselle, or from a
Dutch form of the personal name Brictius.
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Name Distribution of Brees Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brees families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brees families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Brees Family Origin
Brees Immigration Information
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Brees Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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