# Bree (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bree/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 666 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,110 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 463,582 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (648 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Breaghaigh. This surname is also borrowed from Dutch Bree.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bree in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bree in the United States.

## People named Bree

- Bianca Bree, American actress and martial artist

## Similar surnames

Bare, Beer, Brey, Brew, Brea, Berry, Bauer, Boyer, Barry, Barr, Bray, Bower.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.