Brillant is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brillant
No. of characters: 8
Origin: France
Meaning: Worn especially in the Sarthe and Mayenne, also met under the Brilland form, according MT Morlet the nickname of a cunning man (derived from the old French bril = trap). It should especially consider a deformation of Briand names, Briant, for attraction of shine verb.

How popular is Brillant?

Brillant is common in France.

Brillant is ranked 138148 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brillants grew by 8.366534 per cent to 272 since 2000 and ranked 71678 after elevating 559 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.59 80.48
Black 18.38 13.94
Hispanic or Latino 6.62 3.59
Others 3.31 0
Brillant is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in French Polynesia. Around 2797 people have been found who wears Brillant as their family name. Brillant is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,411 Czech Republic8
361 Monaco8
381,097 Ukraine4
4,529 Mauritius3
2,550 Haiti3
90,215 Germany3
1,219,338 India3
10,858 Tunisia2
11,224 Cameroon2
1,848 Madagascar2
131,225 Spain2
34,572 Israel2
53,505 Turkey1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
66,560 Philippines1
47,891 Norway1
118,015 Netherlands1
91,024 Belgium1
34,581 Chile1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
289,511 England1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
56,169 Mexico1
38,830 Morocco1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
313,372 Russia23
Countries with hundreds of Brillant:
7,925 Canada520
68,260 United States363
289 French Polynesia119
Countries with thousands of Brillant:
4,818 France1,714
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Comments

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Tameika Kaminski
 Brillant is a derivative surname meaning bril trap for catching birds, first means one who hunt brilloir and figuratively, deceiving ruse nickname.

Brillant Namesakes

  • Andrea Brillantes, Actress
  • Andrea Brillantes, Actress
  • Amilcare Brillanti, Rina Morelli's father
  • Andrea Brillantes, Actress
  • Andrea Brillantes, Actress
  • Andrea Brillantes, Actress
  • Dany Brillant, Vocalist
  • Andrea Brillantes, Actress
  • Dany Brillant, Vocalist
  • Dinorah Brillanti, Actress

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