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The Brey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,326 people carried this name — #13,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,221 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 408 people named Brey live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 306
City of Buenos Aires 56
Entre Ríos 18
Santa Fe 17
Misiones 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Brey.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Bas-Rhin 27
Côte-d’Or 16
Haut-Rhin 10
Moselle 10
Indre 6
Saône-et-Loire 4
Manche 4
Vienne 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Brey in American newspapers,
1903–1920.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Brey
The Billings Gazette 1903-01-20
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Brey
Daily Capital Journal 1919-03-14
Newspaper page from The Breckenridge News carrying the name Brey
The Breckenridge News 1920-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,141 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Brey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jörg Breu the Elder 1475–1537 · painter
  • Jörg Breu the Elder 1475–1537 · painter
  • Georg Brey 1784–1854 · brewer
  • Auguste Joachim Brey 1795–1875 · architect
  • John Francis Bray 1809–1897 · economist
  • August Brey 1864–1937 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Brey.

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