Brieu Surname
Approximately 595 people bear this surname
Brieu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 572 | 1:116,124 | 17,489 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Brieu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brieu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brieu is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Brieu.
How Common Is The Last Name Brieu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 540,057th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 12,247,976 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Brieu live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most numerous in France, where it is borne by 572 people, or 1 in 116,124. In France Brieu is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 31 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 21 percent are found and Martinique, where 12 percent are found. Besides France this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and French Polynesia, where 1 percent are found.
Brieu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Brieu has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brieu last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brieau | 91 | 339 | / |
| Brieuy | 91 | 1 | / |
| Briu | 89 | 173 | / |
| Breau | 80 | 4,473 | / |
| Briou | 80 | 342 | / |
| Brehu | 80 | 74 | / |
| Briju | 80 | 44 | / |
| Brius | 80 | 20 | / |
| Brihu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Briua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Briut | 80 | 1 | / |
| Brițu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Breou | 80 | 0 | / |
| Breeu | 80 | 0 | / |
| Brejou | 73 | 86 | / |
| Bërziu | 73 | 59 | / |
| Breoiu | 73 | 35 | / |
| Breeus | 73 | 28 | / |
| Bryeus | 73 | 27 | / |
| Brehus | 73 | 21 | / |
| Brueau | 73 | 6 | / |
| Breous | 73 | 4 | / |
| Brijou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Brehuz | 73 | 4 | / |
| Breius | 73 | 3 | / |
| Briuts | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bryeux | 73 | 2 | / |
| Brehou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Briutt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bruehu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Breeux | 73 | 1 | / |
| Briuhs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Broioe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Brijju | 73 | 1 | / |
| Briush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bruius | 73 | 0 | / |
| Brehup | 73 | 0 | / |
| Breeau | 73 | 0 | / |
| Broius | 73 | 0 | / |
| Briault | 67 | 1,171 | / |
| Bräu | 67 | 734 | / |
| Brehaux | 67 | 39 | / |
| Brehoiu | 67 | 33 | / |
| Brejoux | 67 | 27 | / |
| Brehout | 67 | 6 | / |
| Brió | 67 | 5 | / |
| Brijoux | 67 | 3 | / |
| Brehaud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bryu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Brju | 67 | 2 | / |
| Brégeau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beșeriu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Breeaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brejhus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Breiult | 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 Brieu
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