Brierely Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Brierely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brierely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brierely Last Name Facts

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

Brierely is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brierely? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Brierely are found; 50 percent are found in Australasia and 50 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Brierely is most widely held in Australia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia Brierely is primarily concentrated in: New South Wales, where 67 percent reside and Victoria, where 33 percent reside. Other than Australia Brierely occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and England, where 17 percent reside.

Brierely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brierely has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 200 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 Brierely
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