Brinan Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Brinan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brinan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England171:3,277,533109,658
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Briñan (21) are calculated separately.

Brinan (60) may also be a first name.

Brinan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brinan is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Briñan. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brinan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Brinan reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 60 people.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 14,498,357. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 96 percent live and Massachusetts, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 36 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Brinan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brinan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brinan surname expanded 357 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brinan Last Name Statistics demography

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

Brinan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 57.13% more than the national average, earning $67,798 USD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Brinan
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