de Brier Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Brier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Brier Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1041:110,54516,500
France141:4,744,480251,814
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

de Brier Last Name Facts

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

de Brier occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Brier? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,637,889th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Brier are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Brier is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 110,545. In Belgium de Brier is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 66 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 19 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Belgium it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Briere945/
de Bruier944/
de Brie93279/
de Brer932/
de Briey88234/
de Bruir881/
de Broer880/
de Vrijer82285/
de Broyer82241/
de Brauer8232/
de Brower828/
de Breuer821/
de Brye8049/
de Brée8011/
de Vrie803/
de Brauwer781,237/
de Broeyer789/
de Briesch782/
de Bruyere782/
de Vrije7571/
de Vryer7524/
de Brauwere74240/
de Vreyer7129/
de Vrye67243/
de Bruyère6710/
de Vrée676/
de Brauwére631/
de Vreay631/
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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 de Brier
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