Briceño Surname

2,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194,051 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Briceño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Briceño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela120,3081:25141
Peru20,4871:1,551254
Mexico17,8151:6,968806
Colombia11,1391:4,289671
Chile9,9501:1,770339
Costa Rica5,5141:867188
Nicaragua4,5151:1,334256
Spain1,9001:24,6062,600
Ecuador8371:19,0032,727
Argentina7291:58,6334,986
Panama4291:9,119854
Dominican Republic2161:48,3012,508
United States471:7,711,892346,147
El Salvador431:147,5321,868
Honduras211:419,8313,124
France171:3,907,219231,005
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Bolivia61:1,769,4066,441
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England51:11,143,612252,590
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Belize21:177,7373,502
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Aruba11:103,4772,586
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Briceno (6,447), Briceñó (12), Briceňo (5), Briceńo (1) & Bríceño (1) are calculated separately.

Briceño (192) may also be a first name.

Briceño Last Name Facts

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

The surname Briceño is found most frequently in Venezuela. It may also appear as a variant: Briceno, Briceñó, Briceňo, Briceńo or Bríceño. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Briceño? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,894th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,555 people. Briceño is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Briceño are found; 84 percent are found in South America and 67 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Briceño is also the 655,603rd most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 192 people.

This surname is most widely held in Venezuela, where it is carried by 120,308 people, or 1 in 251. In Venezuela it is most frequent in: Trujillo, where 26 percent are found, Zulia, where 15 percent are found and Miranda, where 9 percent are found. Other than Venezuela Briceño exists in 40 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 11 percent are found and Mexico, where 9 percent are found.

Briceño Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Briceño has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Briceño surname expanded 1,175 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Briceño Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Briceño earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,418 per year and in Colombia they earn 15.57% more than the national average, earning $26,238,300 COP per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Briceño
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