Brilly Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Brilly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brilly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1251:37,6723,040
England201:2,785,90397,972
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Brilly (436) may also be a first name.

Brilly Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brilly is found most frequently in Ireland. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brilly? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brilly is the 1,276,805th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Brilly live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 410,680th most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 436 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Ireland, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 37,672. In Ireland it is most common in: Leinster, where 99 percent live and Connaught, where 1 percent live. Not including Ireland this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent live and Kenya, where 6 percent live.

Brilly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brilly has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Brilly last name increased 658 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brilly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brilley92227/
Brillay9239/
Brielly925/
Bruilly922/
Brislly920/
Brislley860/
Brilli833,167/
Brilla83952/
Brille83363/
Brelly833/
Brlley831/
Brillé831/
Brly801/
Brillet771,886/
Brielle77400/
Briller77227/
Briolle7779/
Briolli7744/
Brillis7736/
Brillio7721/
Brielli7717/
Bruille777/
Brillie775/
Brilles774/
Briella773/
Brillia772/
Brzille771/
Brillha771/
Bruelly771/
Broelly770/
Braelly770/
Brley735/
Brlla731/
Brlay731/
Brilloit7147/
Brillois7129/
Brillais7122/
Brillait711/
Brillett710/
Brelle67578/
Brylle67323/
Brylla67271/
Brella67186/
Brelli67129/
Brülle6790/
Brûlle671/
Vrille671/
Brhley671/

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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 Brilly
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