Brier Family History
Brier Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by
a briar patch, Middle English brere. This was also applied as a
nickname for a prickly, difficult person.Scottish and northern
Irish: reduced form of McBriar (see McBrayer).Americanized form of German Breuer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Brier Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brier families
 32 - 62  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brier families
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134 - 265 45 - 133 |
1 - 44 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brier families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Brier Family Origin
Brier Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brier
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Brier Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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