The Briones surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,098 people carried this name — #2,403 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,500 people counted. That is up 35% from 11,143 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Briones surname
From Spanish, of toponymic origin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Briones» (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 2,190 people named Briones 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 69 people named Briones.
Most of them — 38 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Essonne.
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
63 people named Briones live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
41 people named Briones is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Briones,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gabriel Briones 1870–1946 · writer -
Pedro Briones d. 2023 · politician
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Lourdes Briones d. 2017 · make-up artist
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Julio Enrique Briones Rayo d. 1984
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Félix Briones y Angosto 1861–1895 · military engineer
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Valentín Briones Rey 1889–2000 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Briones.
- Brindel 117 · U.S. census
- Bringard 207 · U.S. census
- Bringer 239 · U.S. census
- Brinster 185 · U.S. census
- Briolat 136 · U.S. census
- Brion 1,073 · U.S. census
- Brisard 139 · U.S. census
- Brisbois 755 · U.S. census
- Brison 1,325 · U.S. census
- Brisson 3,279 · U.S. census
- Bristol 7,694 · U.S. census
- Brito 21,007 · U.S. census
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