Brihaye Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Brihaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 286 | 1:232,247 | 36,019 |
| Belgium | 140 | 1:82,119 | 12,906 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Brihaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brihaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brihaye is found most in France. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brihaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 686,443rd most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 16,869,319 people. The last name Brihaye occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Brihaye live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Brihaye is most widespread in France, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 232,247. In France it is most numerous in: Hauts-de-France, where 27 percent live, Île-de-France, where 26 percent live and Occitanie, where 13 percent live. Outside of France this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 32 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brihay | 92 | 43 | / |
| Briaye | 92 | 7 | / |
| Briehay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Brehaye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Briye | 83 | 25 | / |
| Briay | 83 | 1 | / |
| B'Rehaye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Briaha | 77 | 4 | / |
| Brijay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Briayd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Brihai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Brijye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Brieha | 77 | 0 | / |
| Brihoua | 71 | 30 | / |
| Brijaya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Brehaue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Brishea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Briehat | 71 | 0 | / |
| Briey | 67 | 157 | / |
| Bryie | 67 | 78 | / |
| Brioa | 67 | 67 | / |
| Brioy | 67 | 60 | / |
| Brihault | 67 | 17 | / |
| Brehauer | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vriay | 67 | 9 | / |
| Briea | 67 | 8 | / |
| Briej | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bryea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Briie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brijawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bryay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Briua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Brishoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bricheat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Breshaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Briôa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brihaye
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