Last name: BRIERE
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Last name frequency
BRIERE : This last name is indexed 333,663 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BRIERE : French (Brière): topographic name from a regional variant of Old French bruiere ‘heather’ (see Bruyere) or a habitational name from La Brière the name of several places mainly in the northern part of France from the same word.
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