Briant Surname
Approximately 6,877 people bear this surname
Briant Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bryan.' The 'i' in Briant and Bryant is of course excrescent. Bryan was not an importation from Ireland, though its popularity as an English fontname is gone. It lingered in North Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Furness till the close of the last century.
Read More About This SurnameBriant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3,239 | 1:20,507 | 2,367 |
| United States | 1,288 | 1:281,412 | 26,223 |
| England | 1,071 | 1:52,024 | 6,401 |
| Australia | 810 | 1:33,328 | 4,397 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| New Zealand | 108 | 1:41,929 | 7,008 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 793 | 1:30,738 | 4,096 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:104,561 | 4,503 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,987 | 1:25,274 | 3,122 |
Briant (1,466) may also be a first name.
Briant Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bryan.' The 'i' in Briant and Bryant is of course excrescent. Bryan was not an importation from Ireland, though its popularity as an English fontname is gone. It lingered in North Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Furness till the close of the last century. 'The Bretons, who joined in the Norman Conquest, imported it to England' (Yonge). 'Brien was always a favourite in Brittany, and is very common as a surname with the peasantry there' (ibid.); v. Brine.
Wydo Bryan, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alicia Bren, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Acelot Bryvon, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Thomas fil Brian, Yorkshire, ibid.
Alan fil. Brian, Yorkshire, ibid.
Brian de Brampton, Gloucestershire, ibid.
William Brian, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Colin Briant, London, 1269: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1188-1274.
The intermediate stage between Brian and Briant, or Bryant, is found in the following entry: '1770. Married — John Briand and Barbara Backhouse': St. George's, Hanover Square.
Compare riband and ribbon, and Simmons and Simmonds.
V. Bryant.
(Gaelic.) Dignity, honor; from Bri, exalted, and ant, a termination, implying the being or state of that to which it is annexed; equivalent to the Greek av, and the Latin ens.
For Breaunt, Breant, or Breauté, near Havre. The family remained in Normandy 16th cent. (La Roque, Mais. Harc. ii. 1583-4) as Viscounts of Holot. Fulco de Breauté or de Brent was of great power temp. Henry III. (Roger Wendover).
User-submitted Reference
This surname from Gaelic-Irish Ó Briain. The origin of this surname is problematic. We know that it means descendant of Brien, but what Brien means is a bit of a mystery, some sources say 'exalted', meaning 'powerful/important' or 'high-power', while others say 'hill', which could be correlated with 'lofty', meaning 'elevated'.
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Briant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Briant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Briant occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Briant click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Briant? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 71,756th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,059,698 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Briant reside; 48 percent reside in Western Europe and 47 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Briant is also the 203,459th most frequently occurring given name on earth It is held by 1,466 people.
This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 3,239 people, or 1 in 20,507. In France it is most numerous in: Brittany, where 23 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 17 percent reside and Centre-Val de Loire, where 13 percent reside. Besides France this surname exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent reside and England, where 16 percent reside.
Briant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Briant has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 35 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 135 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Briant Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Briant are 14.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.46% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Briant earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.75% more than the national average, earning R 422,400 per year; in United States they earn 1.08% less than the national average, earning $42,681 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.26% more than the national average, earning $58,259 CAD per year.
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