Family name Bruyère (Briar 
, Bruyere 
, Bruyère 
) , worldwide, is quite a common last name. The family name Bruyère is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Belgium, where it is quite a rare surname, France, and Luxembourg. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in France, Belgium, and the United States. Much less frequently, Bruyère is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Briar | France, Australia, Iraq, United States, Canada |
| Bruyere | France, United States, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Canada |
| Bruyère | France, United States, Belgium, New Zealand, Canada |
| ברייר | Israel |
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jean de la bruyère 17th-century French writer and philosopher, FR (b. 1645) |
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louis bruyère French corps of bridges, waters and forests and engineer, FR (b. 1758) |
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| jean-louis barbeau de la bruyère French geographer and editor, FR (b. 1710) |
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| étienne chassin de la bruyère French général, FR (b. 1748) |
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élisabeth bruyère Canadian Catholic nun, CA (b. 1818) |
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| jean-baptiste-marie-louis la reynie de la bruyère (b. 1760) |
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| élise bruyère French painter (1776-1847), FR (b. 1776) |
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cécile bruyère French Roman Catholic abbess, FR (b. 1845) |
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| eugène léopard bruyère French architect (1810-1872), FR (b. 1810) |
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| louise-marguerite chéron de la bruyère (b. 1838) |
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| rené la bruyère French novelist (1875-1951), FR (b. 1875) |
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| adolphe bruyère FR (b. 1868) |
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| bernard bruyère French egyptologist (1879-1971), FR (b. 1879) |
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| marcel bruyère French Catholic priest and literary critic, FR (b. 1889) |
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joseph bruyère Belgian racing cyclist, BE (b. 1948) |
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Max, Yves, Marie, Mario, Manon, Sarah, Sacha, Shawn, Serge, Sonia, Steve, Alain, Allan, Anais, Ambre, Aïda, Carla, Clara, Cyril, Brice, Katia, Robin, Yann, Fany, Hugo, Emma, Guy, Lia, Luc, Eva, Marc, Mary, Maud, Sila, Alan, Anna, Rémi, Anne, Coco, Paul, Lau', Lola, Léo, Léa, Jean, Jeff, Eddy, Eric, Axel, and Denis