Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Niedersachsen (144)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (139)
- Berlin (134)
- Brandenburg (122)
- Baden-Württemberg (86)
- Bayern (65)
- Hessen (61)
- Bremen (56)
- Sachsen (27)
- Hamburg (16)
- Rheinland Pfalz (14)
- Saarland (3)
- Sachsen Anhalt (3)
- Thuringen (2)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (1)
- Schleswig Holstein (1)
All countries
- Ireland (246,591)
- United States (129,085)
- France (41,216)
- United Kingdom (39,721)
- Canada (27,367)
- Australia (20,190)
- New Zealand (15,170)
- Belgium (2,077)
- Unknown country (1,408)
- Germany (1,125)
- Italy (1,015)
- Netherlands (710)
- Spain (423)
- India (399)
- Switzerland (311)
- Mexico (255)
- Austria (215)
- Russian Federation (181)
- Algeria (154)
- Colombia (150)
- Jamaica (140)
- South Africa (130)
- Turkey (129)
- China (117)
- Peru (114)
- Argentina (104)
- Denmark (103)
- Cuba (101)
- Sweden (100)
- Norway (96)
- Paraguay (84)
- Trinidad and Tobago (71)
- Greece (69)
- Egypt (67)
- Portugal (65)
- Chile (59)
- Hungary (59)
- Philippines (57)
- Poland (56)
- St. Helena (56)
Origine of last name
BRIEN : 1: Irish: shortened form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/O%27Brien">O'Brien</a>.2: Breton: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Briand">Briand</a>.3: English: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Bryant">Bryant</a>.
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