Briye Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Briye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Briye (35) may also be a first name.
Briye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Briye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Briye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Briye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Briye is the 3,957,383rd most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Briye reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Briye is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 35 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Briye is most common in: Bayelsa, where 95 percent reside and Delta, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Briye
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