Briscan Surname

537,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Briscan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Briscan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5691:35,2864,492
France111:6,038,429280,838
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Brișcan (35) are calculated separately.

Briscan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Briscan is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Brișcan. Click here for further possible spellings of Briscan.

How Common Is The Last Name Briscan? popularity and diffusion

Briscan is the 537,454th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,166,187 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Briscan reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 569 people, or 1 in 35,286. In Romania Briscan is most numerous in: Sălaj County, where 43 percent reside, Bihor County, where 28 percent reside and Timiș County, where 13 percent reside. Barring Romania it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Briscan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Briscan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Briscan Last Name Statistics demography

Briscan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 51.05% more than the national average, earning $65,175 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 Briscan
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