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 is held by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Briere or Briére. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brière? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 675,256th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,487,660 people. The surname Brière occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Brière reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 61 percent reside in Gallo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in Canada, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 132,538. In Canada Brière is primarily concentrated in: Quebec, where 96 percent are found, Ontario, where 3 percent are found and Saskatchewan, where 0 percent are found. Other than Canada Brière is found in 14 countries. It is also found in France, where 30 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.

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
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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 Brière
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