Brackan Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Brackan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brackan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

The alternate forms: Braćkan (49) & Bračkan (9) are calculated separately.

Brackan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brackan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Brackan occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Braćkan or Bračkan. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brackan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,812,366th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Brackan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Brackan are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Brackan is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 70 percent live and New York, where 30 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live.

Brackan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brackan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 74 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brackan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Brackan earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brackan
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