How common is the surname Briere?

1,245 people in the United States had the surname Briere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Briere?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Briere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Briere getting more or less common?

More common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Briere

A French surname, carried by 1,245 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Briere is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,245 people named Briere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,191.

#21,092

rank among US surnames

1,245

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,654)

Who is named Briere

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

93% of people named Briere identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Briere

Briere has the Soundex code B660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B660.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Briere come from?: Briere is French in origin.
How common is the surname Briere?: 1,245 people in the United States had the surname Briere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 247,988 Americans. It ranked 21,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Briere?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Briere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Briere getting more or less common?: More common. 1,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,245 in 2010, up 4.5%.