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 occurs most in France. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brieu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Brieu is the 540,057th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 12,247,976 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Brieu are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Brieu is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 572 people, or 1 in 116,124. In France it is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 31 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 21 percent reside and Martinique, where 12 percent reside. Barring France it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and French Polynesia, where 1 percent reside.
Brieu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Brieu has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brieu last name decreased 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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