Vree

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Vree is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: alternative form of vrede; peace.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 35K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 483K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 601K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

487 people, 2007

Sources
104 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 35K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

alternative form of vrede; peace

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vree counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Vree is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands4871 in 35K487Vree63
DE Germany≈170 est.≈1 in 483K—Vree39
US United States1091 in 3.1M124Vree104
AU Australia≈29 est.≈1 in 866K—Vree22
FR France≈23 est.≈1 in 3M—Vree36
CA Canada≈17 est.≈1 in 2.2M—Vree21
NZ New Zealand≈8 est.≈1 in 601K—Vree5

487 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Hein Vreeb. 1926NLDutch sculptor and medalist (1926–1995)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Vree mean, and where does it come from?
alternative form of vrede; peace Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Vree have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 487 people named Vree, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vree.
Where is Vree most common?
Vree is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 35 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Vree?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 487 people named Vree in 2007, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vree

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vree”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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