Briscomb Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Briscomb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Briscomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Briscomb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Briscomb occurs most in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Briscomb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Briscomb reside; 53 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in British Isles.

Briscomb is most common in England, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 3,277,533. In England it is most frequent in: Devon, where 59 percent live, Essex, where 24 percent live and Somerset, where 12 percent live. Beside England this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 44 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Briscomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Briscomb has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Briscomb last name contracted 6 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Briscomb
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