Bryans Surname

141,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Bryans Surname Definition:

Bryan’s (Son): Bryan = Brian, q.v.

Bryans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0521:344,54330,976
Canada5151:71,5458,161
England5031:110,77111,442
Northern Ireland3881:4,755912
Scotland2101:25,4942,778
Australia1951:138,43914,922
Israel1501:57,0517,341
Ireland481:98,1035,309
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Jersey141:7,0861,520
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5021:8,8241,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1401:174,11014,584
Scotland731:51,2773,490
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2691:186,68716,510

Bryans (81) may also be a first name.

Bryans Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bryan’s (Son): Bryan = Brian, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Bryans Last Name Facts

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

Bryans (Russian: Брянс) is most common in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bryans? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bryans is the 141,540th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,314,976 people. The last name Bryans occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Bryans reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Bryans is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 81 people.

The last name Bryans is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 1,052 people, or 1 in 344,543. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 19 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Michigan, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 16 percent live and England, where 16 percent live.

Bryans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bryans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bryans surname grew 391 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 359 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 288 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 90 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bryans Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (55%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Bryans last name are 22.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.63% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bryans earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 494.59% more than the national average, earning R 1,412,980 per year; in United States they earn 1.65% less than the national average, earning $42,439 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.42% more than the national average, earning $52,378 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brians83447/
Breans8320/
Bryams834/
Bryons834/
Bryanz833/
Brjans830/
Bryansova801/
Bryance778/
Bryanch775/
Bryon's771/
Brajons771/
Vrryans770/
Brions6717/
Brianz675/
Briance62106/
Brianch621/
Brianze621/
Brianeze5719/
Brianezze531/

Bryans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bryans in the Russian language
Брянсbrans-

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