Brigid Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Brigid Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 118 | 1:391,355 | 22,129 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Brigid (28,861) may also be a first name.
Brigid Demographics
Brigid Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Brigid Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brigid Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brigid (Arabic: بريجيد) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Brigid.
How Common Is The Last Name Brigid? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Brigid live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Brigid is also the 28,746th most widely held forename in the world, held by 28,861 people.
The surname Brigid is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 391,355. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 43 percent live, Baringo County, where 8 percent live and Kakamega County, where 8 percent live. Excluding Kenya it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Brigid Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Brigid last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brigid Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brigid in the Arabic language | ||
| بريجيد | bryjyd | - |
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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 Brigid
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