Distribution of the name 'Brien'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Brien' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Brien'
In the UK there are 7,575 phone book entries with the surname Brien and approximately 32,988 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Brien is the 230. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 69 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 936.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Central (649), Greater Manchester (609), Lancashire (460), West Yorkshire (373), Merseyside (349), West Midlands (285), Essex (211), Hampshire (205), as well as Strathclyde (164).
The following surnames sound like Brien: Brown, Brian, 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 'Brien' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Brien in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Brien is is the 124. most common name - 936 persons |
| Central - The surname Brien is is the 171. most common name - 649 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Brien is is the 81. most common name - 609 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Brien is is the 234. most common name - 460 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Brien is is the 373. most common name - 373 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Brien is is the 76. most common name - 349 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Brien is is the 309. most common name - 285 persons |
| Essex - The surname Brien is is the 208. most common name - 211 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Brien is is the 261. most common name - 205 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Brien is is the 306. most common name - 164 persons |
| Kent - The surname Brien is the 388. most common name - 162 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Brien is the 255. most common name - 146 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Brien is the 297. most common name - 128 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Brien is the 101. most common name - 126 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Brien is the 448. most common name - 122 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Brien is the 260. most common name - 120 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Brien is the 426. most common name - 119 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Brien is the 286. most common name - 116 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Brien is the 242. most common name - 107 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Brien is the 385. most common name - 102 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Brien is the 479. most common name - 99 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Brien is the 372. most common name - 96 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Brien is the 196. most common name - 93 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Brien is the 435. most common name - 89 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Brien is the 249. most common name - 89 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Brien is the 388. most common name - 77 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Brien is the 213. most common name - 75 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Brien is the 349. most common name - 75 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Brien is the 576. most common name - 75 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Brien is the 478. most common name - 71 persons |
| Devon - The surname Brien is is the 434. most common name - 68 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Brien is is the 253. most common name - 68 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Brien is is the 245. most common name - 64 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Brien is is the 332. most common name - 60 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Brien is is the 296. most common name - 59 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Brien is is the 416. most common name - 57 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Brien is is the 444. most common name - 54 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Brien is is the 142. most common name - 54 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Brien is is the 627. most common name - 50 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Brien is is the 780. most common name - 46 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Brien is is the 708. most common name - 43 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Brien is is the 713. most common name - 43 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Brien is is the 618. most common name - 41 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Brien is is the 390. most common name - 39 persons |
| County Down - The surname Brien is is the 361. most common name - 36 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Brien is is the 344. most common name - 36 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Brien is is the 124. most common name - 34 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Brien is is the 516. most common name - 32 persons |
| Fife - The surname Brien is is the 856. most common name - 29 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Brien is is the 646. most common name - 28 persons |
| Durham - The surname Brien is is the 646. most common name - 28 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Brien is is the 232. most common name - 26 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Brien is is the 786. most common name - 22 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Brien is is the 63. most common name - 22 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Brien is is the 113. most common name - 22 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Brien is is the 933. most common name - 21 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Brien is is the 204. most common name - 20 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Brien is is the 365. most common name - 18 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Brien is is the 283. most common name - 17 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Brien is is the 464. most common name - 15 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Brien is is the 232. most common name - 14 persons |
| Highland - The surname Brien is is the 508. most common name - 14 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Brien is is the 688. most common name - 11 persons |
| Powys - The surname Brien is is the 1255. most common name - 3 persons |
| Avon - The surname Brien is is the 880. most common name - 3 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Brien is is the 1718. most common name - 2 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Brien is is the 917. most common name - 2 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Brien is is the 302. most common name - 2 persons |
| Borders - The surname Brien is is the 1955. most common name - 1 person |
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