British Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
British Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Malaysia | 50 | 1:589,884 | 28,692 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
British (1,952) may also be a first name.
British Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name British Come From? nationality or country of origin
British (Arabic: بريتش, Bengali: ব্রিটিশ, Hindi: ब्रिटिश, Marathi: ीटीश, Oriya: ବିଟିଶ, Russian: Бритиш) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name British? popularity and diffusion
The last name British is the 988,329th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of British live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 171,552nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,952 people.
The last name British is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria British is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 66 percent live, Delta, where 23 percent live and Borno, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 19 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 15 percent live.
British Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of British has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
British Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| British in the Marathi language | ||
| ीटीश | itisa | - |
| British in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रिटिश | britisa | 80 |
| ब्रिटीश | britisa | 20 |
| British in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଟିଶ | bitisa | 69.16 |
| ବିଟି | biti | 6.54 |
| ବିଟିଶାଇଁ | bitisa'im | 5.61 |
| ବିଟିଶ୍ | bitis | 5.61 |
| ବୀଟିଶ | bitisa | 3.74 |
| ବିଟିସ | bitisa | 2.8 |
| ବ'ିଟିଶ | ba'itisa | 0.93 |
| ବୀଟିଷ | bitisa | 0.93 |
| ବିଟିଷ | bitisa | 0.93 |
| ବୀଟିଶାଇଁ | bitisa'im | 0.93 |
| British in the Bengali language | ||
| ব্রিটিশ | britisa | 67.86 |
| বৃটিশ | brtisa | 32.14 |
| British in the Russian language | ||
| Бритиш | britis | - |
| British in the Arabic language | ||
| بريتش | brytsh | - |
| برتش | brtsh | - |
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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 British
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