Brier is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brier
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Brier

How popular is Brier?

Brier is common in United States.

Brier is ranked 87207 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Briers plummeted by 5.028811 per cent to 1813 since 2000 and slipped by 1629 spots and ranked at 16012. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.58 89.94
Black 5.52 6.13
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.73
Others 1.71 1.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.33 0
Brier is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 4950 people have been found who wears Brier as their family name. Brier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
705 Gibraltar7
24,766 Scotland2
12,161 Wales2
82,478 South Africa2
40,256 Mexico2
6,266 Luxembourg2
34,572 Israel2
19,046 Ireland2
65,594 Belgium2
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
11,831 Tajikistan1
165,773 Belarus1
16,640 Hong Kong1
58,885 Poland1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
36,678 Singapore1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,371 Syria1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,947 Netherlands31
60,950 Spain28
23,914 Denmark20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,246 Canada87
152,430 Russia66
11,116 New Zealand59
40,132 Australia52
Countries with hundreds of Brier:
17,058 France563
23,918 Germany437
13,711 England430
30,072 Brazil397
30,822 Philippines387
9,948 Austria131
Countries with thousands of Brier:
15,102 United States2,229
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Williamp. Brier was 27 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on February 22, 1850. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Silas Greenman from Liverpool. Immigrant Sarah Brier, Ellen Brier, aged 17, Workman John Brier, Workman John Brier, Eliza Brier, aged 21, John Brier, aged 28, are other Brier that migrated to US.

Brier Namesakes

  • Benoit Briere, Actor
  • Benoit Briere, Actor
  • Guillaume Brière, Musical Artist
  • Tom Brier, Composer
  • Kathy Brier, Actress
  • Markus Brier, Golfer
  • Nicole Brier, Actress
  • Pamela S. Brier, Public servant
  • Royce Brier, Journalist
  • Steve Brier, Film producer

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