Brihay Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Brihay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Brihay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brihay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brihay is found most frequently in Belgium. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brihay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brihay is the 2,979,664th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Brihay live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 348,383. In Belgium Brihay is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 88 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live and Flemish Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Belgium Brihay is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
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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
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