Briff Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Briff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Briff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina441:971,44161,182
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Briff Last Name Facts

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

Briff (Russian: Брифф) is carried by more people in Argentina than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Briff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Briff is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Briff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Briff are found; 85 percent are found in South America and 85 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

Briff is most frequently occurring in Argentina, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 971,441. In Argentina Briff is primarily found in: Buenos Aires Province, where 39 percent are found, Santa Fe Province, where 34 percent are found and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 27 percent are found. Apart from Argentina this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Briff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Briff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Briff surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briffe91143/
Brieff9126/
Briffs915/
Brif8953/
Brifftt832/
Breff802,385/
Brief801,006/
Breif803/
Bhrif803/
Brift802/
Britf801/
Breffe7397/
Breife7317/
Brifht732/
Briw6764/
Bryf6733/
Bref6726/
Brib6714/
Breyffe671/
Briv671/

Briff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Briff in the Russian language
Бриффbriff-

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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 Briff
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