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The Brys surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 439 people carried this name — #48,160 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 445 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

2,287 people named Brys have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,682 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 594
Subcarpathian 435
Opole 380
Greater Poland 197
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 146
Lower Silesian 138
Łódź 99
Masovian 72

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 632 people named Brys 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 East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 282
Antwerp 214
West Flanders 85
Flemish Brabant 16
Hainaut 16
Limburg 12
Brussels-Capital 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Brys.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Nord.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Nord 23
Pas-de-Calais 13
Paris 4
Charente-Maritime 3
Aude 1
Seine-Maritime 1
Somme 1

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 40 people named Brys 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 40

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Brys,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tim Brys
    Tim Brys 1992– · rower
  • Antoon Brys 1891–1962 · priest
  • Petrus Brys 1893–1916
  • Jozef Brys 1894–1966 · historian
  • Joseph Brys 1927–2001 · middle-distance runner
  • Arno Brys 1928–2025 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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