Brit Surname
Approximately 1,800 people bear this surname
Brit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 727 | 1:198,244 | 21,863 |
| Philippines | 288 | 1:351,522 | 47,258 |
| France | 141 | 1:471,083 | 66,853 |
| United States | 97 | 1:3,736,690 | 206,520 |
| Spain | 79 | 1:591,798 | 27,792 |
| Belarus | 71 | 1:133,818 | 19,062 |
| Uruguay | 54 | 1:63,551 | 6,804 |
| Israel | 39 | 1:219,427 | 20,804 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Indonesia | 34 | 1:3,889,682 | 201,134 |
| Kazakhstan | 34 | 1:520,073 | 37,773 |
| Afghanistan | 29 | 1:1,108,730 | 10,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Cambodia | 13 | 1:1,191,319 | 5,802 |
| Yemen | 13 | 1:2,032,715 | 13,240 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 284 | 1:176,826 | 15,798 |
Brit (14,179) may also be a first name.
Brit Demographics
Average Male Brit Height
176.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Brit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brit (Hindi: बृत, Oriya: ବିତ, Russian: Брит) is borne by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brit? popularity and diffusion
The last name Brit is the 225,704th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,048,637 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Brit live; 22 percent live in North Asia and 22 percent live in Slavic North Asia. It is also the 48,193rd most commonly used given name internationally It is held by 14,179 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 727 people, or 1 in 198,244. In Russia Brit is mostly found in: Novosibirsk Oblast, where 20 percent live, Kemerovo Oblast, where 11 percent live and Moscow, where 9 percent live. Other than Russia this last name is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 16 percent live and France, where 8 percent live.
Brit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brit has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brit last name fell 66 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 475 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Brit last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Brit earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.5% more than the national average, earning $47,678 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brit in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିତ | bita | - |
| Brit in the Hindi language | ||
| बृत | brta | 75 |
| ब्रीत | brita | 20 |
| ब्रित | brita | 5 |
| Brit in the Russian language | ||
| Брит | brit | - |
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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
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- 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 Brit
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