Brière Surname

675,256th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Brière Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brière Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2781:132,53813,752
France1341:495,69269,430
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
England11:55,718,059489,080
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Briere (13,053) & Briére (3) are calculated separately.

Brière Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brière has its highest incidence in Canada. It may also be found as a variant: Briere or Briére. For other potential spellings of Brière click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brière? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 675,256th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,487,660 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Brière are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Gallo-North America.

The surname Brière is most prevalent in Canada, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 132,538. In Canada it is most prevalent in: Quebec, where 96 percent live, Ontario, where 3 percent live and Saskatchewan, where 0 percent live. Other than Canada Brière is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in France, where 30 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Briere9413,053/
Briére943/
Bryère831/
Brierre77570/
Brierey772/
Brieres772/
Briiere771/
Brierer771/
Breaire770/
Brijere770/
Brier735,543/
Bruhiere7161/
Breijere7130/
Brouyère7119/
Brieriey712/
Bruyiere711/
Brujiere711/
Breairhe710/
Briery67218/
Briera6754/
Bryere6751/
Brieri6747/
Brijer6733/
Brioir6723/
Briher6713/
Brieer676/
Brzier673/
Brijir672/
Brgier672/
Brietr671/
Briyor671/
Briesr671/
Breair670/

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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 Brière
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