Briant is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Briant
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

The family name Briant is a variant form of Obrien. Descendant of Brien, i.e., Brien Boiroimhe, King of Ireland, AD 1002.

Briant is variant form of Bryant. Descendant of Bryan meaning "hill".

Briant is the variation of the O'Brien. Grandson of Bryan or Brian meaning "hill".

Form of the Brien. See Bryan and O'Brien - Bryan is a Celtic personal name of great antiquity, implying originally, regulus, or chieftain.

The is variation of Brine. An Irish corruption of O'Brien.

Is variant form of the Bryan. Bryan is a Celtic personal name of great antiquity, implying originally, regulus, or chieftain.

Briant is the variation of the O'Brien. The O'Briens of Thomond took their name from the monarch Brian Boru, who was slain battle of Clontarf in 1014. O'Donovan.

Briant is variation of Brianson. The son of Bryan—the personal name.

How popular is Briant?

Briant is common in France, United States, England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand.

Briant is ranked 71754 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Briants plummeted by 24.1 per cent to 756 since 2000 and slipped by 7078 spots and ranked at 30799. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.95 79.32
Black 12.17 14.66
Hispanic or Latino 3.97 2.61
Others 1.85 1.51
Briant is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 6877 people have been found who wears Briant as their family name. Briant is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Briant:
2,367 France3,239
26,219 United States1,288
6,401 England1,071
Countries with hundreds of Briant:
4,397 Australia810
27,374 Canada125
7,008 New Zealand108
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
61,274 South Africa55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
27,273 Switzerland23
236,959 Brazil18
114,515 Argentina17
61,567 Spain17
213,815 Germany13
14,969 Wales12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
434,432 Indonesia10
21,724 Scotland9
92,581 Zimbabwe8
39,591 Venezuela7
512,203 Thailand7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

21 years old baker Henry Briant who was residing in France migrated to New York on May 3, 1869 by Cella put out from Havre & London.

Briant Namesakes

  • Alexander Briant, English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn
  • Shane Briant, English actor and novelist
  • Pierre Briant, French Iranologist
  • Michael E. Briant, English television director, producer and actor
  • Gavin Briant, former Zimbabwean cricketer
  • Vincent Briant, French professional football player

Briant Namesakes

  • Alexander Briant, English Jesuit and martyr, executed at Tyburn
  • Shane Briant, English actor and novelist
  • Pierre Briant, French Iranologist
  • Michael E. Briant, English television director, producer and actor
  • Gavin Briant, former Zimbabwean cricketer
  • Vincent Briant, French professional football player

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