The Bryan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 57,143 people carried this name — #585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,160 people counted. That is up 3% from 55,269 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 47 births for the Bryan name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,100 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 9 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, and Down.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Bryan.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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
23 people named Bryan live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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 Bryan,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Bryan d. 1676 · civil servant
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Inés Bryan d. 2019 · politician
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John Bryan d. 1418 · politician
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Thomas Bryan d. 1518
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Roger B Bryan d. 1926
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Magdalen Watts d. 1638
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bryan.
- Bruyere 513 · U.S. census
- Bruyneel 110 · U.S. census
- Bruzzese 679 · U.S. census
- Bruzzi 201 · U.S. census
- Bruzzone 193 · U.S. census
- Bry 377 · U.S. census
- Bryon 284 · U.S. census
- Brys 439 · U.S. census
- Brzezinski 2,300 · U.S. census
- Brzozowski 1,715 · U.S. census
- Bua 605 · U.S. census
- Buan 428 · U.S. census
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