Bryant

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bɹajənt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bryant is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Ghana it is the 44th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • GHGhana≈1 in 737(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.7K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.8K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

192,773 people, 2010

#480 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
578 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 737 (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BryantLatin(measured from records)
브라이언트Hangul(measured from records)

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)

A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bryant 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 Bryant is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#112192,7731 in 1.7K193KBryant578
GH Ghana#44≈40,000 est.≈1 in 737—Bryant31
GB United Kingdom#174≈33,000 est.≈1 in 2KlistedBryant259
EG Egypt—≈20,000 est.≈1 in 5.1K—Bryant17
IT Italy#258≈15,000 est.≈1 in 4.2K1Bryant30
KP North Korea#222≈15,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Bryant2
NZ New Zealand#142≈2,700 est.≈1 in 1.8K—Bryant114

192,773 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bryant is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bryänt, Bryan'T, Bryânt, Bryan-T, Bryân'T

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bryan-T

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Gabon

    Also written Bryänt, Brÿäńt

  • Greek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Μπραιαντ

83 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bryant is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, different form of Bryan.

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • English: transferred use of the surname, which is derived from the given name BRIAN . The final - t seems to have arisen as a result of association with names such as CONSTANT .

    as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000William Cullen Bryant, b. 1794Louise Bryant, b. 1885Anita Bryant, b. 1940Joe Bryant, b. 1954Phil Bryant, b. 1954Chris Bryant, b. 1962Joy Bryant, b. 1974Kobe Bryant, b. 1978Aidy Bryant, b. 1987Miriam Bryant, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Bryant,
InformalHi Bryant,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 67 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Bryant
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010193K#128
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020185K#135
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000184K#120

Reference works 5

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bryant mean, and where does it come from?
A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Bryant have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 193 thousand people named Bryant, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bryant.
How do you pronounce Bryant?
A machine transcription gives /bɹajənt/ (IPA) for English.
How common is the name Bryant?
In the United States, the national register counted 192,773 people named Bryant in 2010, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.
How common is Bryant compared with other names?
In the United States, Bryant is the 112th most common surname of 6,282,806 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, “Bryant” — the 112th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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