Briffet Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Briffet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Briffet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Briffet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Briffet is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Briffet? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Briffet live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in Canada, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada Briffet is most prevalent in: Nova Scotia, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Canada it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Briffet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Briffet has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briffett93452/
Briffets930/
Briffe92143/
Brifet921/
Briffette8811/
Brisffett881/
Bruffet865/
Briffer865/
Briffit863/
Brifget861/
Brioffe861/
Breffet860/
Bruffett80414/
Briffitt8069/
Briffa773,833/
Breffe7797/
Briffi7755/
Breife7717/
Brefet776/
Brifer773/
Briefe772/
Briffy771/
Bruffeitt751/
Brisfette751/
Brisfer71115/
Breffit7135/
Breyffe711/
Brufett711/
Bruffit710/
Breffey710/
Breffer710/
Briffis710/
Breffitt67117/
Brefe6722/
Brifa6713/
Brifi671/
Bruffitt670/

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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 Briffet
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