Distribution of the name 'Brian'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Brian' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Brian'
In the UK there are 10,927 phone book entries with the surname Brian and approximately 47,586 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Brian is the 134. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in West Yorkshire: 948.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Central (868), Greater London (663), Lancashire (636), Lothian (433), Fife (426), Tayside (340), Strathclyde (316), West Midlands (314), as well as North Yorkshire (252).
The following surnames sound like Brian: Brown, Brien, Byrne, Bryan, Browne, Bourne, Barron, Brain, Burn, Broom, Baron, Breen, Broome, Barham, Byron, Birnie, Boreham, Byrom, Barn, Brewin, Beirne, Brawn, Barney, Braham, Brine, Bareham, Bryn, Bruno, Bourn, Burney.
The distribution of the name 'Brian' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Brian in the counties
| West Yorkshire - The surname Brian is is the 98. most common name - 948 persons |
| Central - The surname Brian is is the 110. most common name - 868 persons |
| Greater London - The surname Brian is is the 189. most common name - 663 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Brian is is the 145. most common name - 636 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Brian is is the 70. most common name - 433 persons |
| Fife - The surname Brian is is the 46. most common name - 426 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Brian is is the 76. most common name - 340 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Brian is is the 135. most common name - 316 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Brian is is the 269. most common name - 314 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Brian is is the 105. most common name - 252 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Brian is the 330. most common name - 229 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Brian is the 92. most common name - 223 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Brian is the 143. most common name - 219 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Brian is the 224. most common name - 216 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Brian is the 160. most common name - 204 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Brian is the 280. most common name - 190 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Brian is the 259. most common name - 184 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Brian is the 63. most common name - 167 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Brian is the 208. most common name - 166 persons |
| Kent - The surname Brian is the 377. most common name - 165 persons |
| Essex - The surname Brian is the 287. most common name - 164 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Brian is the 187. most common name - 164 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Brian is the 116. most common name - 155 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Brian is the 209. most common name - 144 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Brian is the 299. most common name - 144 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Brian is the 181. most common name - 139 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Brian is the 125. most common name - 139 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Brian is the 243. most common name - 135 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Brian is the 290. most common name - 133 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Brian is the 107. most common name - 130 persons |
| Devon - The surname Brian is is the 198. most common name - 125 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Brian is is the 241. most common name - 122 persons |
| County Down - The surname Brian is is the 75. most common name - 116 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Brian is is the 212. most common name - 110 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Brian is is the 100. most common name - 104 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Brian is is the 308. most common name - 101 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Brian is is the 305. most common name - 93 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Brian is is the 220. most common name - 91 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Brian is is the 310. most common name - 90 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Brian is is the 289. most common name - 87 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Brian is is the 177. most common name - 83 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Brian is is the 290. most common name - 81 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Brian is is the 258. most common name - 78 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Brian is is the 287. most common name - 78 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Brian is is the 165. most common name - 76 persons |
| Durham - The surname Brian is is the 209. most common name - 72 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Brian is is the 237. most common name - 71 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Brian is is the 200. most common name - 70 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Brian is is the 111. most common name - 64 persons |
| Highland - The surname Brian is is the 118. most common name - 55 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Brian is is the 350. most common name - 53 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Brian is is the 87. most common name - 48 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Brian is is the 323. most common name - 45 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Brian is is the 67. most common name - 44 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Brian is is the 468. most common name - 40 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Brian is is the 102. most common name - 40 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Brian is is the 333. most common name - 30 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Brian is is the 85. most common name - 27 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Brian is is the 266. most common name - 24 persons |
| Powys - The surname Brian is is the 152. most common name - 22 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Brian is is the 24. most common name - 19 persons |
| Borders - The surname Brian is is the 152. most common name - 19 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Brian is is the 165. most common name - 18 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Brian is is the 312. most common name - 16 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Brian is is the 91. most common name - 14 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Brian is is the 116. most common name - 14 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Brian is is the 658. most common name - 11 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Brian is is the 158. most common name - 4 persons |
| Avon - The surname Brian is is the 878. most common name - 3 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Brian is is the 1246. most common name - 3 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Brian is is the 245. most common name - 2 persons |
