Surname Brierley (Brierley 
, بيرلي, ברירלי 
) , in all the world, is quite a common cognomen. The cognomen Brierley is habitual in Cyprus, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. Much less frequently, Brierley is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Brierley | United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Canada, New Zealand |
| ברירלי | Israel |
Briley, and ไบรเออลี่ย์
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benjamin brierley British writer, GB (b. 1825) |
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| thomas brierley Known for an encrypted gravestone (b. 1785) |
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| benjamin brierley Rochdale Pioneer (1811–1851), GB (b. 1811) |
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| joseph brierley Joseph Brierley (1827-1902) of Brierley and Holt 1903 Obituary [1] . . . . designed and carried out by him, the sewerage works of Great Harwoo... (b. 1827) |
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| jonathan brierley Brierley, J. (Jonathan), 1843-1914 (b. 1843) |
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| henry brierley British solicitor and antiquary (1847-1933), GB (b. 1847) |
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| edgar brierley British judge, GB (b. 1858) |
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| walter brierley British architect (b. 1862) |
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ron brierley New Zealand businessman, NZ (b. 1937) |
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| william b. brierley British mycologist (1889-1963), GB (b. 1889) |
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| marjorie brierley British psychoanalyst, GB (b. 1893) |
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marc brierley English singer-songwriter, GB (b. 1944) |
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| walter brierley English novelist, GB (b. 1900) |
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| jack brierley English footballer, GB (b. 1904) |
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| tom brierley English cricketer (1910-1989), GB (b. 1910) |
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