Brey is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brey
No. of characters: 4
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Brey

How popular is Brey?

Brey is common in South Africa.

Brey is ranked 53571 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Brey bearers increased by 4.7276 per cent in 2010 US census to 2326 since 2000, the surname slipped by 402 spots and ranked at 13155. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.4 91.18
Hispanic or Latino 4.17 2.66
Black 2.15 3.15
Others 1.12 1.31
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.86
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.43 0.86
Brey is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Cameroon is ahead in terms of density. Around 8800 people have been found who wears Brey as their family name. Brey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
567,967 Indonesia6
5,332 Estonia3
16,605 Austria3
127,708 Czech Republic3
26,321 Israel3
35,969 Denmark2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
89,020 Tanzania2
40,256 Mexico2
29,046 Japan1
2,078 Lesotho1
1,819 Laos1
28,746 Algeria1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
36,678 Singapore1
10,190 Bahrain1
77,122 Sweden1
17,575 Kuwait1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,445 Mauritania50
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
83,908 England38
28,564 Switzerland36
325,561 India31
43,662 Belgium30
103,933 Canada25
75,259 Australia22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,801 Netherlands84
Countries with hundreds of Brey:
16,559 Brazil795
9,850 Argentina552
7,781 Spain513
7,351 Cameroon396
34,535 Philippines322
24,317 Ukraine226
57,437 France171
86,770 Russia141
10,984 Venezuela125
Countries with thousands of Brey:
12,917 United States2,696
6,699 Germany1,412
6,240 South Africa1,041
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old immigrant Bgt. Brey who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 14, 1847 by Montezuma put out from Liverpool.

Comments

M
Myrtle Dufrene
 Brey is a surname, represents an original locality name doubs this place name is a variation of bray meaning in old french mud, mire refers originally a muddy place.

Brey Namesakes

  • Tadeusz Breyer, Artist
  • Mike Brey, Basketball Coach
  • Carter Brey, Cellist
  • Betty Brey, Swimmer
  • Claire Du Brey, Actress
  • Christian Brey, Actor
  • Alan Brey, Musical Artist
  • August Brey, Politician
  • Barry B. Brey, Author
  • Kyle Brey, Mike Brey's son
  • In 2017, Jerry Brey portrayed the role of Uncle Jerry in action and adventure flick Under the Mill.

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