Brive Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Brive Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brive Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1901:349,59352,489
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Brive (36) may also be a first name.

Brive Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brive is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Brive.

How Common Is The Last Name Brive? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,055,483rd most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. Brive is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Brive are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,717,090th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 36 people.

Brive is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 349,593. In France it is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 34 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 26 percent reside and Brittany, where 14 percent reside. Excluding France it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 9 percent reside and Sweden, where 3 percent reside.

Brive Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brive has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brive surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brivet91777/
Brives91313/
Brieve91189/
Braive91143/
Breive9190/
Briver9175/
Brivey911/
Brivett83122/
Breitve8311/
Breiver833/
Britvee831/
Breve802,768/
Brave801,645/
Briva80892/
Bribe80125/
Brivi8016/
Vrive802/
Bruve802/
Brivy801/
Bryve801/
Brivio737,589/
Brevet732,857/
Breves732,378/
Briber73816/
Bravei73647/
Brever73510/
Brieba73407/
Bravey73133/
Bribet73117/
Bribes7379/
Breiva7358/
Breiwe7331/
Breeve7330/
Brisbe7328/
Bravee7321/
Brisvi7316/
Briebe7313/
Brevie738/
Brieby737/
Brivis736/
Breivi735/
Bryver735/
Bhrave734/
Briswe734/
Braibe734/
Bréver734/
Breveh731/
Bhriva731/
Vrieve731/
Vrivez731/
Briwed731/
Breave731/
Brevez731/
Breuve731/
Breved731/
Brivai731/
Brivit731/
Brevey730/
Wriver730/
Brievy730/
Brewie730/
Breitveit711/
Brivois67177/
Brevett67127/
Brisbee6770/
Brouver6734/
Breivis6731/
Braiewa6730/
Bribesh6725/
Bribech6721/
Brivish6720/
Briowei6714/
Braiber6713/
Brisbey6712/
Brivitt6712/
Breibes678/
Breiber677/
Bresver677/
Breeves677/
Breyave677/
Brauves677/
Brisuea675/
Brevetz674/
Brauver673/
Brisber672/
Brivich671/
Breveit671/
Brijavi671/
Broiber671/
Broibes671/
Breaver671/
Brayave671/
Bretved671/
Brevets671/
Brivais671/
Breaves670/
Breevee670/
Briswer670/
Breevey670/
Briweth670/
Breever670/

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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 Brive
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