Briceňo

surname · Latin script

Briceňo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country, where it is the 53rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Ciudad de Mexico.

  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 300(inferred from the name graph)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 597
  • CLChile≈1 in 2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Briceňo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)

≈95,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
257 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 302 (inferred from the name graph)

Venezuela, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
BriceňoLatin(measured from records)
БрисеньоCyrillic(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Briceño in VE Venezuela, PE Peru, CL Chile and 2 more and Briceno in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Ciudad de Mexico

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Briceňo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Briceňo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VE Venezuela#53≈95,000 est.≈1 in 302587Briceño79
CO Colombia#461≈12,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K8Briceño90
PE Peru#282≈12,000 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Briceño53
US United States—10,821as Briseno1 in 31K11KBriceno257
CL Chile#247≈9,000 est.≈1 in 2K1Briceño71
CR Costa Rica#1298,5431 in 5978.5KBriceño49

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; the co-datosgov-candidates register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Briceňo under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Briceňo mean, and where does it come from?
Ciudad de Mexico Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
In which country does Briceňo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 95 thousand people named Briceňo in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled briceño.
How common is the name Briceňo?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted 8,543 people named Briceňo, about 1 in 597 residents.
How common is Briceňo compared with other names?
In Venezuela, Briceňo is the 53rd most common surname of 83,461 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Briceňo” — the 53rd most common surname in Venezuela. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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