How common is the surname Brion?

1,073 people in the United States had the surname Brion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brion?

In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Brion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Brion?

Jon Brion, American musician, followed by Françoise Brion.

Where is the surname Brion most common?

Wikidata records people named Brion in the United States and France.

Is the surname Brion getting more or less common?

More common. 987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, up 8.7%.

The surname Brion

A surname, carried by 1,073 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). Brion is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

From Galician Brión.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,073 people named Brion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 987.

#23,634

rank among US surnames

1,073

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #23,884)

Who is named Brion

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

66% of people named Brion identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brions

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Brion
American musician, born 1963
Françoise Brion
Actress from France, 1933–2025

Notable Brions come mostly from the United States (1) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brion

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

Questions

Where does the surname Brion come from?: From Galician Brión.
How common is the surname Brion?: 1,073 people in the United States had the surname Brion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 287,740 Americans. It ranked 23,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brion?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Brion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Brion?: Jon Brion, American musician, followed by Françoise Brion.
Where is the surname Brion most common?: Wikidata records people named Brion in the United States and France.
Is the surname Brion getting more or less common?: More common. 987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,073 in 2010, up 8.7%.