Brilsky Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Brilsky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brilsky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Brilský (12) are calculated separately.

Brilsky Last Name Facts

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

Brilsky (Russian: Брильский) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Brilský. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Brilsky? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Brilsky is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Brilsky live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany Brilsky is most frequent in: Hamburg, where 78 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent reside. Outside of Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 27 percent reside and Slovakia, where 7 percent reside.

Brilsky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brilsky has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brilsky last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brilský9512/
Brilski8612/
Brilská867/
Brilska866/
Brylsky863/
Brillski8010/
Brylskaya7512/
Brelskaya752/
Brylski711,319/
Brelski71196/
Brylska7170/
Brylske719/

Brilsky Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brilsky in the Russian language
Брильскийbrilskij-

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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 Brilsky
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