Briançon Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Briançon Surname Definition:

Briançon: in Leland, Briansoun. None from Briançon in Dauphiny can have been with William at the Conquest, and the name does not occur in England till 1189. Possibly the roll may have meant the son of de Brionne.

Briançon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France481:1,383,807136,859
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Briancon (558) are calculated separately.

Briançon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Briançon: in Leland, Briansoun. None from Briançon in Dauphiny can have been with William at the Conquest, and the name does not occur in England till 1189. Possibly the roll may have meant the son of de Brionne.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Briançon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Briançon is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Briancon. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Briançon? popularity and diffusion

Briançon is the 2,394,033rd most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Briançon is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Briançon reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,383,807. In France it is mostly found in: Occitanie, where 33 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 31 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 23 percent reside. Excluding France Briançon occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 14 percent reside and Bolivia, where 5 percent reside.

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