Briea Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Briea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Briea (158) may also be a first name.
Briea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Briea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Briea is found most in Sweden. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Briea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Briea occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Briea reside; 63 percent reside in Northern Europe and 63 percent reside in Scandinavia. Briea is also the 730,165th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 158 people.
This surname is most widely held in Sweden, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,969,351. In Sweden Briea is primarily found in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent live. Aside from Sweden this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 13 percent live and The Philippines, where 13 percent live.
Briea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Briea has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Briea surname fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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- 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 Briea
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