Brin is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brin
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

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

Brin is variant of Obrien. Descendant of Brien, i.e., Brien Boiroimhe, King of Ireland, AD 1002.

The variant form of O'Brien. Grandson of Bryan or Brian meaning "hill".

Family name Brin is the form of Bryant. Descendant of Bryan meaning "hill".

A variation of Brine. An Irish corruption of O'Brien.

The surname Brin is the form of Bryan. Bryan is a Celtic personal name of great antiquity, implying originally, regulus, or chieftain.

Brin 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.

The family name is a variant of Brianson. The son of Bryan—the personal name.

How popular is Brin?

Brin is common in France, Philippines, United States, Cambodia, Saint Barthelemy, Israel, Canada, Ivory Coast, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Panama.

Brin is ranked 48659 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Brins grew by 8.46 per cent to 808 since 2000 and ranked 29279 after elevating 505 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.52 87.92
Hispanic or Latino 6.19 3.76
Black 5.57 5.64
Others 1.36 0
Brin is quite popular family name mostly used in France however Saint Barthelemy is ahead in terms of density. Around 10598 people have been found who wears Brin as their family name. Brin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Brin:
3,546 France2,287
7,577 Philippines2,162
25,310 United States1,346
1,068 Cambodia1,180
Countries with hundreds of Brin:
2 Saint Barthelemy758
2,016 Israel649
9,595 Canada425
3,399 Ivory Coast404
47,803 Russia275
31,042 Ukraine197
26,403 Iran184
1,690 Panama138
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,839 Indonesia97
186 United States Virgin Islands93
61,925 South Africa54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
143,912 Germany26
84,230 England25
12,722 Uruguay24
107,269 Argentina19
8,817 Taiwan18
1,037 Saint Lucia18
461,117 India18
34,678 Switzerland17
60,627 Papua New Guinea17
78,777 Malaysia15
107,811 Italy13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
132,137 Poland10
68,851 Belarus10
447,191 Thailand9
116,751 Australia9
47,773 Mexico8
36,567 Venezuela8
327,793 Nigeria7
107,736 Kazakhstan6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

45 years old joiner Carl Brin who was residing in Germany migrated to United States on June 28, 1869 by Bavaria put out from Hamburg. Lewin Brin, Louis Brin, aged 16, Louis Brin (17) Laborer, Adolf Brin, aged 9, Elisabeth Brin (15) Farmer, Farmer Ferd. Brin, W. Brin (29) Laborer, Berek Brin (24) Laborer, and 1 other Brin around 50% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer migrated to US from Hamburg & Havre, Bremen, Rotterdam and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Brin Namesakes

  • Sergey Brin, American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur
  • David Brin, American scientist and author of science fiction
  • Benedetto Brin, Italian naval administrator and politician

Brin Namesakes

  • Sergey Brin, American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur
  • David Brin, American scientist and author of science fiction
  • Benedetto Brin, Italian naval administrator and politician

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