Brggs Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Brggs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Brggs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Brggs Demographics

Brggs Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Brggs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brggs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Brggs is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brggs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Brggs reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.

Brggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brggs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brggs surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brggs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brgg890/
Brg75204/
Brgt6719/
Wrgs674/
Brgh671/
Brgz671/
Brcs671/
Brkg671/
Brqg671/
Brrg671/
Brxs671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brggs
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