Briel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Briel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 498 people carried this name — #43,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is down 9% from 546 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 227 people named Briel.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Morbihan.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Morbihan 56
Ain 43
Meurthe-et-Moselle 18
Saône-et-Loire 15
Paris 14
Ille-et-Vilaine 14
Rhône 10
Loire-Atlantique 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Briel live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

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

Where they live today

Lucerne 11
Zurich 11
St. Gallen 8
Thurgau 6
Aargau 3

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 Briel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Gijsbertsdr Briel
    Maria Gijsbertsdr Briel 1607–1666 · art collector
  • Elisabeth van Beaumont 1638–1683
  • Conrad Briel 1822–1889 · industrialist
  • Conrad Briel 1822–1889 · industrialist
  • Jean Briel 1876–1965 · entomologist
  • Scholastica Briel 1895–1947 · writer

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

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