Brief Surname

360,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Brief Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brief Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4401:823,77063,181
France1921:345,95252,007
Israel1191:71,9138,842
Germany1181:682,25052,603
Zimbabwe311:498,00841,116
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England141:3,979,861125,553
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Macau11:601,6301,582
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Brief (35) may also be a first name.

Brief Last Name Facts

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

Brief is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Brief click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brief? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 360,039th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,244,081 people. Brief occurs mostly 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 frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 35 people.

Brief is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 440 people, or 1 in 823,770. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 23 percent live, Florida, where 16 percent live and Michigan, where 15 percent live. Apart from The United States Brief occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent live and Israel, where 12 percent live.

Brief Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brief has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brief surname grew 11,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brief Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Brief last name are 4.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briefs91148/
Brieff9126/
Brieft912/
Briefe912/
Brif8953/
Bref8926/
Breff802,385/
Briff8052/
Breef8029/
Brefe8022/
Briev809/
Breft805/
Bhrif803/
Breif803/
Brift802/
Britf801/
Brieb800/
Briew800/
Briefová772/
Briffe73143/
Breffe7397/
Breife7317/
Broiev736/
Briffs735/
Brifht732/
Breiew731/
Briyev731/
Brehif731/
Breefe731/
Bruiev731/
Brew6717,990/
Breb67187/
Breihof6795/
Briw6764/
Bryf6733/
Brev6728/
Brib6714/
Brifftt672/
Bruieva671/
Breyffe671/
Broieva671/
Briv671/

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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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