Brief Surname
Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname
Brief Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 440 | 1:823,770 | 63,181 |
| France | 192 | 1:345,952 | 52,007 |
| Israel | 119 | 1:71,913 | 8,842 |
| Germany | 118 | 1:682,250 | 52,603 |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | 1:498,008 | 41,116 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Brief (35) may also be a first name.
Brief Demographics
Brief Political Affiliation
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Brief Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brief Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brief is most common in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brief? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brief is the 360,039th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,244,081 people. The last name Brief is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Brief reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brief is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 35 people.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 440 people, or 1 in 823,770. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 23 percent are found, Florida, where 16 percent are found and Michigan, where 15 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in France, where 19 percent are found and Israel, where 12 percent are found.
Brief Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Brief has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brief surname rose 11,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Brief Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Brief are 4.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.55% being registered with the party.
The amount Brief earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 41.52% more than the national average, earning R 336,300 per year; in United States they earn 15.73% more than the national average, earning $49,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.34% more than the national average, earning $61,280 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briefs | 91 | 148 | / |
| Brieff | 91 | 26 | / |
| Brieft | 91 | 2 | / |
| Briefe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Brif | 89 | 53 | / |
| Bref | 89 | 26 | / |
| Breff | 80 | 2,385 | / |
| Briff | 80 | 52 | / |
| Breef | 80 | 29 | / |
| Brefe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Briev | 80 | 9 | / |
| Breft | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bhrif | 80 | 3 | / |
| Breif | 80 | 3 | / |
| Brift | 80 | 2 | / |
| Britf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brieb | 80 | 0 | / |
| Briew | 80 | 0 | / |
| Briefová | 77 | 2 | / |
| Briffe | 73 | 143 | / |
| Breffe | 73 | 97 | / |
| Breife | 73 | 17 | / |
| Broiev | 73 | 6 | / |
| Briffs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Brifht | 73 | 2 | / |
| Breiew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Briyev | 73 | 1 | / |
| Brehif | 73 | 1 | / |
| Breefe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bruiev | 73 | 1 | / |
| Brew | 67 | 17,990 | / |
| Breb | 67 | 187 | / |
| Breihof | 67 | 95 | / |
| Briw | 67 | 64 | / |
| Bryf | 67 | 33 | / |
| Brev | 67 | 28 | / |
| Brib | 67 | 14 | / |
| Brifftt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bruieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Breyffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Broieva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Briv | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Brief
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