The Brian surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,190 people carried this name — #7,327 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 289 people named Brian.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Tarn-et-Garonne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Brian live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
37 people named Brian live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brian.
- Bretz 3,401 · U.S. census
- Breuer 3,184 · U.S. census
- Brevard 1,137 · U.S. census
- Brey 2,221 · U.S. census
- Breyer 1,285 · U.S. census
- Bria 625 · U.S. census
- Briand 745 · U.S. census
- Briano 396 · U.S. census
- Briant 996 · U.S. census
- Briard 146 · U.S. census
- Bricault 190 · U.S. census
- Brice 11,153 · U.S. census
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