About Brevoort
The surname Brevoort is of Dutch origin and is derived from the place name Bredevoort, which is a small town in the Netherlands. The name is composed of two elements: "brede," meaning broad, and "voort," meaning ford or crossing. Therefore, the surname Brevoort can be interpreted to mean "broad ford" or "wide crossing." It likely originated as a locational surname, indicating that the bearer of the name hailed from or had some association with the town of Bredevoort.
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Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Brevoort based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Brevoort in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Brevoort using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.