Brillan Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Brillan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brillan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan351:669,8504,860
France131:5,109,440259,941
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Brillan (39) may also be a first name.

Brillan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brillan (Arabic: بريليان) is borne by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brillan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,661,929th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Brillan live; 66 percent live in East Asia and 66 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Brillan is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 39 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 669,850. In Taiwan Brillan is most prevalent in: Hsinchu City, where 80 percent are found, Taoyuan City, where 14 percent are found and Taipei City, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Taiwan this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 25 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent are found.

Brillan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brillan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brillan last name contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brillant935,964/
Brilland93675/
Brillian93231/
Brillyan937/
Brillane932/
Brillain930/
Brilliant882,616/
Brilliand883/
Brillanne881/
Brillon862,072/
Brillam864/
Vrillan862/
Brillón861/
Brllant861/
Brlan83106/
Brilliandt8215/
Bruillon8084/
Brillion8056/
Brelland8012/
Brillone801/
Bryllian801/
Brellian801/
Brilliam801/
Brellahan7522/
Bryllyant7519/
Brillionn752/
Brelliant751/
Brzillion750/
Vrillon71297/
Bærland7195/
Bråland7111/
Brillom711/
Brliant711/
Brellam711/
Brellon711/
Brûlant711/
Brellion673/
Brellond670/
Brlong626/
Værland5753/
Wærland577/
Vrlam500/

Brillan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brillan in the Arabic language
بريليانbrylyan-

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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 Brillan
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