Brighiu Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Brighiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 82 | 1:244,852 | 23,260 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Brighiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brighiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Brighiu is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Brighiu.
How Common Is The Last Name Brighiu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Brighiu are found; 96 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 244,852. In Romania Brighiu is mostly concentrated in: Constanța County, where 65 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 24 percent reside and Iași County, where 5 percent reside. Not including Romania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Brighiu
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