Briega Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Briega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 324 | 1:144,296 | 10,754 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Briega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Briega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Briega is most common in Spain. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Briega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Briega? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 669,375th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 73 percent of Briega reside; 72 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 72 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
It is most common in Spain, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 144,296. In Spain it is most numerous in: Madrid, where 31 percent reside, Valencian Community, where 19 percent reside and Catalonia, where 10 percent reside. Other than Spain this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and Brazil, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Briega
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