Bryant Surname
Approximately 293,674 people bear this surname
Bryant Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bryan.' The 'i' in Briant and Bryant is of course excrescent. Bryan was not an importation from Ireland, though its popularity as an English fontname is gone. It lingered in North Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Furness till the close of the last century.
Read More About This SurnameBryant Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 242,438 | 1:1,495 | 116 |
| England | 21,569 | 1:2,583 | 334 |
| Australia | 12,588 | 1:2,145 | 274 |
| Canada | 5,275 | 1:6,985 | 1,025 |
| New Zealand | 2,629 | 1:1,722 | 217 |
| Liberia | 2,562 | 1:1,721 | 228 |
| Wales | 1,520 | 1:2,036 | 206 |
| South Africa | 907 | 1:59,733 | 7,544 |
| Jamaica | 664 | 1:4,322 | 591 |
| Scotland | 508 | 1:10,539 | 1,448 |
| France | 315 | 1:210,866 | 32,777 |
| Thailand | 222 | 1:318,191 | 54,801 |
| Northern Ireland | 203 | 1:9,089 | 1,481 |
| Ireland | 158 | 1:29,803 | 2,648 |
| Germany | 157 | 1:512,774 | 43,467 |
| Dominican Republic | 139 | 1:75,057 | 3,477 |
| Singapore | 133 | 1:41,411 | 1,573 |
| China | 126 | 1:10,851,758 | 675 |
| Panama | 108 | 1:36,225 | 1,986 |
| Spain | 106 | 1:441,057 | 23,230 |
| Brazil | 89 | 1:2,405,330 | 73,774 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| Mexico | 87 | 1:1,426,738 | 15,813 |
| Barbados | 69 | 1:4,166 | 533 |
| Philippines | 69 | 1:1,467,221 | 103,651 |
| Costa Rica | 64 | 1:74,689 | 1,428 |
| Jersey | 49 | 1:2,025 | 325 |
| Sweden | 46 | 1:214,060 | 14,843 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Argentina | 36 | 1:1,187,317 | 70,591 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 26 | 1:4,245 | 679 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Hong Kong | 23 | 1:318,934 | 3,111 |
| Belize | 22 | 1:16,158 | 1,623 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Japan | 18 | 1:7,102,461 | 43,008 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 | 1:3,247 | 437 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Nicaragua | 14 | 1:430,078 | 3,469 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Georgia | 10 | 1:374,554 | 15,620 |
| Ghana | 10 | 1:2,702,069 | 11,564 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Cuba | 8 | 1:1,440,340 | 7,824 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1:710,028 | 4,074 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 4 | 1:3,402 | 66 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Sudan | 3 | 1:12,503,398 | 14,123 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1:36,939,785 | 260,488 |
| Egypt | 2 | 1:45,967,877 | 132,655 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Libya | 2 | 1:3,121,987 | 6,135 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Norfolk Island | 1 | 1:2,295 | 315 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 77 | 1:57,531 | 4,603 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11,884 | 1:2,051 | 292 |
| Wales | 822 | 1:1,908 | 134 |
| Scotland | 62 | 1:60,374 | 3,814 |
| Jersey | 32 | 1:1,621 | 261 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34,974 | 1:1,436 | 147 |
The alternate forms: Brýant (1) are calculated separately.
Bryant (37,721) may also be a first name.
Bryant Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Bryan.' The 'i' in Briant and Bryant is of course excrescent. Bryan was not an importation from Ireland, though its popularity as an English fontname is gone. It lingered in North Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Furness till the close of the last century. 'The Bretons, who joined in the Norman Conquest, imported it to England' (Yonge). 'Brien was always a favourite in Brittany, and is very common as a surname with the peasantry there' (ibid.); v. Brine.
Wydo Bryan, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alicia Bren, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Acelot Bryvon, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Thomas fil Brian, Yorkshire, ibid.
Alan fil. Brian, Yorkshire, ibid.
Brian de Brampton, Gloucestershire, ibid.
William Brian, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Colin Briant, London, 1269: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1188-1274.
The intermediate stage between Brian and Briant, or Bryant, is found in the following entry: '1770. Married — John Briand and Barbara Backhouse': St. George's, Hanover Square.
Compare riband and ribbon, and Simmons and Simmonds.
(Celtic) = Bryan, Brian (q.v.) with the common excrescent -t. (French) the French Bruyant, Bruant, a nickname = Noisy, Blustering [French bruyant, Old French bruant]
(Irish) Descendant of Bryan (hill).
From the French, Briand, Briant; a personal name.
User-submitted Reference
This surname from Gaelic-Irish Ó Briain. The origin of this surname is problematic. We know that it means descendant of Brien, but what Brien means is a bit of a mystery, some sources say 'exalted', meaning 'powerful/important' or 'high-power', while others say 'hill', which could be correlated with 'lofty', meaning 'elevated'.
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Bryant Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bryant Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bryant (Arabic: بريانت) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Brýant. Click here for further possible spellings of Bryant.
How Common Is The Last Name Bryant? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,865th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 24,815 people. The last name Bryant is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Bryant reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 23,332nd most prevalent forename on earth It is held by 37,721 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 242,438 people, or 1 in 1,495. In The United States Bryant is most numerous in: Georgia, where 9 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 134 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Bryant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bryant has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bryant surname increased 693 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 819 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 205 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Bryant Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bryant last name is chiefly Anglican (45%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Bryant last name are 10.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.15% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Bryant earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.21% more than the national average, earning 422,951 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 71.3% more than the national average, earning R 407,076 per year; in United States they earn 9.38% less than the national average, earning $39,103 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.79% more than the national average, earning $52,061 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bryant Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bryant in the Arabic language | ||
| بريانت | bryant | - |
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