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
The surname British (Arabic: بريتش, Bengali: ব্রিটিশ, Hindi: ब्रिटिश, Marathi: ीटीश, Oriya: ବିଟିଶ, Russian: Бритиш) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name British? popularity and diffusion
British is the 988,329th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of British reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. British is also the 171,552nd most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 1,952 people.
The surname is most numerous 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 reside, Delta, where 23 percent reside and Borno, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 19 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 15 percent reside.
British Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of British has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 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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