How common is the surname Brien?

2,882 people in the United States had the surname Brien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. It ranked 11,031st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brien?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Brien identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Brien getting more or less common?

More common. 2,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,882 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Brien

A surname, carried by 2,882 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brien is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,882 people named Brien in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,565.

#11,031

rank among US surnames

2,882

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,025	Milazzo	2,885	107,018
#11,026	Feder	2,884	107,055
#11,030	Hauge	2,883	107,092
#11,031	Chambless	2,882	107,129
#11,035	Foret	2,881	107,166
#11,040	Bruder	2,880	107,203

Who is named Brien

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Brien identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
American Indian and Alaska Native 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
Two or more races 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brien

Brien has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Questions

How common is the surname Brien?: 2,882 people in the United States had the surname Brien in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,129 Americans. It ranked 11,031st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brien?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Brien identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Brien getting more or less common?: More common. 2,565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,882 in 2010, up 12%.