O Brien Surname
Approximately 411 people bear this surname
O Brien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 74 | 1:752,947 | 41,527 |
| Thailand | 64 | 1:1,103,724 | 164,273 |
| Canada | 52 | 1:708,569 | 56,910 |
| Mexico | 51 | 1:2,433,847 | 20,676 |
| Venezuela | 38 | 1:794,844 | 12,955 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1:28,165 | 1,050 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Ó Brien (1) are calculated separately.
O Brien Demographics
Average Male O Brien Height
176.78 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
O Brien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name O Brien Come From? nationality or country of origin
O Brien occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Ó Brien. Click here to see other potential spellings of O Brien.
How Common Is The Last Name O Brien? popularity and diffusion
The surname O Brien is the 712,393rd most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,731,255 people. The surname O Brien occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of O Brien are found; 31 percent are found in Northern Europe and 28 percent are found in British Isles.
O Brien is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 752,947. In England it is most numerous in: Suffolk, where 34 percent reside, West Midlands, where 14 percent reside and Staffordshire, where 14 percent reside. Other than England this last name occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 16 percent reside and Canada, where 13 percent reside.
O Brien Last Name Statistics demography
The amount O Brien earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 247.5% more than the national average, earning 1,202,620 kr per year; in Peru they earn 25.52% more than the national average, earning S/. 24,332 per year and in Canada they earn 13.68% more than the national average, earning $56,479 CAD per year.
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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 O Brien
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