The Braet surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 159 people carried this name — #104,257 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 846 people named Braet live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 379

West Flanders 313

Antwerp 123

Hainaut 19

Luxembourg Province 7

Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Braet.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 11

Nord 22

Pas-de-Calais 11

Yvelines 5

Manche 3

Paris 3

Loiret 1

Oise 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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