Brach Surname
Approximately 6,537 people bear this surname
Brach Surname Definition:
(German) Dweller on, or near, the fallow land.
Brach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,973 | 1:183,710 | 18,319 |
| Germany | 1,516 | 1:53,104 | 6,898 |
| Poland | 1,362 | 1:27,907 | 4,245 |
| France | 446 | 1:148,930 | 23,088 |
| Italy | 247 | 1:247,598 | 33,390 |
| Argentina | 217 | 1:196,974 | 16,372 |
| Brazil | 145 | 1:1,476,375 | 49,524 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Canada | 106 | 1:347,600 | 31,502 |
| England | 84 | 1:663,310 | 38,317 |
| Czechia | 74 | 1:143,696 | 22,443 |
| Belgium | 63 | 1:182,486 | 24,456 |
| Estonia | 38 | 1:34,784 | 6,408 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 25 | 1:975,015 | 39,671 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 281 | 1:178,714 | 15,946 |
The alternate forms: Břach (25) are calculated separately.
Brach (144) may also be a first name.
Brach Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Dweller on, or near, the fallow land.
Brach Demographics
Average Male Brach Height
176.08 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Brach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brach Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brach (Arabic: براخ, Russian: Брач) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Břach. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brach? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 75,140th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,114,815 people. Brach is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Brach reside; 31 percent reside in Western Europe and 31 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brach is also the 769,375th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 144 people.
The last name Brach is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,973 people, or 1 in 183,710. In The United States Brach is primarily found in: New York, where 35 percent live, Illinois, where 10 percent live and New Jersey, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 23 percent live and Poland, where 21 percent live.
Brach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brach has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Brach surname grew 702 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 336 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brach Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Brach surname are 2.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.56% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Brach earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 40.43% less than the national average, earning 206,149 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 25.43% less than the national average, earning $16,928,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.31% less than the national average, earning $40,856 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.77% more than the national average, earning $52,552 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brach Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brach in the Russian language | ||
| Брач | brac | - |
| Brach in the Arabic language | ||
| براخ | brakh | - |
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