The Bria surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 616 people carried this name — #36,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 625 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Bria surname
Borrowed from Italian Bria, a surname of uncertain meaning.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bria» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 318 people named Bria 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 mapWhere they live today
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 67 people named Bria.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Aisne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Bria live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Bria,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Bria 1925– · singer
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Nicolae Bria 1927–2017 · agronomist
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Ion Bria 1929–2002 · theologian
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Benyamin Yosef Bria 1956–2007 · theologian
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Dora Bria 1958–2008 · windsurfer
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Sébastien Bria 1973– · rugby union player
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bria.
- Bretton 261 · U.S. census
- Bretz 3,693 · U.S. census
- Breuer 4,138 · U.S. census
- Brevard 1,278 · U.S. census
- Brey 2,326 · U.S. census
- Breyer 1,248 · U.S. census
- Brian 4,214 · U.S. census
- Briand 723 · U.S. census
- Briano 498 · U.S. census
- Briant 756 · U.S. census
- Briard 138 · U.S. census
- Bricault 174 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bria is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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