Briffs Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Briffs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Briffs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Briffs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Briffs occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Briffs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Briffs live; 80 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Briffs is primarily concentrated in: California, where 50 percent live and Virginia, where 50 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live.

Briffs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Briffs has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Briffs Last Name Statistics demography

Briffs earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 87.21% more than the national average, earning $80,781 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briff9152/
Briefs83148/
Briffe83143/
Brieff8326/
Brif8053/
Brifftt772/
Breff732,385/
Brief731,006/
Breif733/
Bhrif733/
Brift732/
Britf731/
Brufs730/
Breffe6797/
Breife6717/
Brifht672/
Bribsh671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Briffs
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