Briar Surname

398,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 882 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Briar Surname Definition:

The same as Brewer, in the local sense.

Briar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6071:597,13248,676
England1071:520,73032,731
India311:24,744,045333,161
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Pakistan191:9,402,31046,838
France161:4,151,420237,746
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England711:343,31522,014
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1481:339,31526,182

Briar (1,712) may also be a first name.

Briar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The same as Brewer, in the local sense.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Briar Last Name Facts

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

Briar (Russian: Бриар) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Briar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Briar is the 398,988th most common family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,262,524 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Briar live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 185,598th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 1,712 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 607 people, or 1 in 597,132. In The United States Briar is most common in: Indiana, where 12 percent are found, California, where 12 percent are found and Kansas, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.

Briar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Briar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 410 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 151 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Briar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Briar last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Briar last name are 17.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.91% being registered with the party.

The amount Briar earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 15.44% less than the national average, earning R 200,952 per year; in United States they earn 0.95% more than the national average, earning $43,557 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.2% less than the national average, earning $34,184 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briard913,920/
Briare9170/
Briart9141/
Brijar9134/
Briear914/
Brioar911/
Briarr911/
Brriard831/
Brear801,748/
Bryar80695/
Brior8068/
Vriar801/
Brehar73209/
Bryhar73179/
Bréard7359/
Bryard7354/
Bréart7316/
Brhyar736/
Brajor732/
Briore732/
Bryart731/
Breear731/
Breior730/
Bryare730/
Brijarová7129/
Brehard6758/
Brehart6737/
Bréhard672/
Bruyear670/
Bryarová621/
Breor6056/
Bryor604/
Wryar601/
Wrear601/
Breore551/
Breorr551/
Bréeur551/
Bruyor550/
Breyor550/
Breoort501/

Briar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Briar in the Russian language
Бриарbriar-

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