Brislin Surname

408,463rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 856 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brislin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brislin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6911:524,54343,759
South Africa751:722,36951,132
Australia451:599,90442,958
England271:2,063,63279,942
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland561:79,1055,579
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3491:143,89313,487

Brislin (18) may also be a first name.

Brislin Last Name Facts

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

Brislin is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brislin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 408,463rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,513,488 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Brislin are found; 79 percent are found in North America and 79 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Brislin is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 18 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 691 people, or 1 in 524,543. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and New Jersey, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Brislin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brislin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brislin last name rose 198 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 16 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brislin Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Brislin are 38.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 91.36% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Brislin earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.95% less than the national average, earning R 223,500 per year and in United States they earn 3.33% more than the national average, earning $44,587 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 Brislin
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