Popularity of the last name by country
Germany
- Niedersachsen (97)
- Berlin (56)
- Bremen (29)
- Brandenburg (27)
- Hessen (17)
- Baden-Württemberg (14)
- Nordrhein-Westfalen (13)
- Bayern (12)
- Sachsen (11)
- Hamburg (9)
- Mecklenburg Vorpommern (4)
- Rheinland Pfalz (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (167,803)
- United States (121,541)
- Australia (7,295)
- Ireland (3,630)
- Canada (3,094)
- New Zealand (2,735)
- Unknown country (2,336)
- France (1,909)
- Germany (330)
- Italy (294)
- Belgium (200)
- India (184)
- Netherlands (152)
- Denmark (124)
- Colombia (107)
- Switzerland (105)
- Mexico (93)
- Spain (79)
- Sweden (59)
- Austria (55)
- China (55)
- Paraguay (51)
- Poland (50)
- Ukraine (46)
- Egypt (45)
- Lebanon (43)
- Portugal (39)
- Russian Federation (39)
- Philippines (38)
- Czech republic (37)
- Peru (37)
- Argentina (32)
- Israel (32)
- Turkey (31)
- Norway (30)
- Cuba (29)
- Barbados (28)
- Greece (28)
- Jamaica (28)
- Latvia (27)
Origine of last name
BRIGGS : English: variant of Brigg with post-medieval excrescent -s from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja) the northern and Scottish word for bridge for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
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