The Brison surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,325 people carried this name — #20,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 222,200 people counted. That is down 6% from 1,412 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 526 people named Brison.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Savoie.
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 244 people named Brison 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Brison,
with a public archive behind them.
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Eliza Perley Brison 1881–1974 · physician
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Alain Brison 1950– · politician
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Karen J. Brison 1959– · university teacher
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Scott Brison 1967– · businessperson
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Sylvain Brison 1979– · Catholic priest
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Jonathan Brison 1983– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brison.
- Brinster 185 · U.S. census
- Briolat 136 · U.S. census
- Brion 1,073 · U.S. census
- Briones 15,098 · U.S. census
- Brisard 139 · U.S. census
- Brisbois 755 · U.S. census
- Brisson 3,279 · U.S. census
- Bristol 7,694 · U.S. census
- Brito 21,007 · U.S. census
- Briton 125 · U.S. census
- Britsch 394 · U.S. census
- Britz 1,162 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Brison is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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