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

Briscan occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Brișcan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Briscan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 537,454th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,166,187 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Briscan live; 95 percent live in Eastern Europe and 95 percent live in Romanian Europe.

It is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 569 people, or 1 in 35,286. In Romania Briscan is mostly concentrated in: Sălaj County, where 43 percent live, Bihor County, where 28 percent live and Timiș County, where 13 percent live. Besides Romania it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Briscan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Briscan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 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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