Brigar Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus

Brigar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brigar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brigar Last Name Facts

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

Brigar (Russian: Бригарь) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brigar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Brigar live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Russia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 20,589,008. In Russia it is most common in: Moscow, where 29 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 29 percent reside and Krasnodar Krai, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Russia Brigar occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Brigar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brigar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brigar surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brigar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Brigar surname is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brigard9283/
Briegar920/
Brigart920/
Briggar920/
Breigard861/
Briggare860/
Brighard860/
Bruigard860/
Bregar832,183/
Brygar839/
Brugar838/
Bregard77144/
Brregar7750/
Brigoor7725/
Brygard7713/
Breggar779/
Bregart775/
Bryggar772/
Brygart772/
Vrigarp771/
Bruggar771/
Brigore771/
Breghard71511/
Bryggare7165/
Wreigard719/
Bregaard713/
Brueggar711/
Breugair710/
Bruøygard6726/
Wregar6710/
Bregarová674/
Bregor673/
Brugor671/
Bruoygard671/
Bregore6213/
Vregare621/
Whregar621/
Øvregard5731/
Bregoire571/
Øvregaard5373/

Brigar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brigar in the Russian language
Бригарьbrigar-

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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 Brigar
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