Braga Surname
Approximately 323,496 people bear this surname
Braga Surname User-submission:
A Portuguese toponymic, from the city with the same name.
Braga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 249,734 | 1:857 | 105 |
| Mozambique | 14,832 | 1:1,838 | 442 |
| Portugal | 12,927 | 1:806 | 139 |
| Angola | 11,831 | 1:2,281 | 387 |
| Italy | 8,100 | 1:7,550 | 1,047 |
| Philippines | 7,997 | 1:12,660 | 1,296 |
| United States | 4,053 | 1:89,430 | 10,061 |
| Moldova | 2,709 | 1:1,315 | 113 |
| Argentina | 2,300 | 1:18,584 | 1,584 |
| Russia | 1,184 | 1:121,726 | 14,515 |
| Mexico | 990 | 1:125,380 | 4,216 |
| France | 987 | 1:67,298 | 9,306 |
| Uruguay | 882 | 1:3,891 | 455 |
| Canada | 709 | 1:51,968 | 6,255 |
| Spain | 573 | 1:81,592 | 7,023 |
| Peru | 533 | 1:59,633 | 4,741 |
| Romania | 530 | 1:37,883 | 4,832 |
| Transnistria | 317 | 1:1,497 | 156 |
| Paraguay | 208 | 1:34,792 | 1,136 |
| England | 207 | 1:269,169 | 21,240 |
| Colombia | 206 | 1:231,913 | 5,249 |
| Thailand | 145 | 1:487,161 | 85,241 |
| Switzerland | 144 | 1:57,034 | 7,250 |
| Australia | 111 | 1:243,205 | 22,593 |
| Ivory Coast | 100 | 1:230,712 | 9,424 |
| Germany | 97 | 1:829,953 | 60,372 |
| South Africa | 86 | 1:629,973 | 47,084 |
| Belarus | 73 | 1:130,151 | 18,657 |
| Israel | 72 | 1:118,856 | 13,107 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 62 | 1:2,862 | 296 |
| Venezuela | 61 | 1:495,149 | 9,508 |
| Belgium | 56 | 1:205,297 | 26,724 |
| Chile | 52 | 1:338,778 | 9,521 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | 1:707,300 | 46,975 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Greece | 24 | 1:461,658 | 59,466 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Swaziland | 9 | 1:144,244 | 719 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Faroe Islands | 3 | 1:16,333 | 1,308 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
The alternate forms: Bragă (70) & Brága (1) are calculated separately.
Braga (732) may also be a first name.
Braga Surname Meaning
Braga Demographics
Average Braga Salary in
United States
$49,193 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Braga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Braga (Arabic: براغا, Hindi: ब्रगा, Oriya: ବଗ, Russian: Брага) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also be found as a variant: Bragă or Brága. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Braga? popularity and diffusion
Braga is the 1,699th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 22,527 people. The surname Braga occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Braga are found; 79 percent are found in South America and 77 percent are found in Luso-South America. Braga is also the 304,585th most frequent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 732 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 249,734 people, or 1 in 857. In Brazil Braga is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 16 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name is found in 112 countries. It also occurs in Mozambique, where 5 percent live and Portugal, where 4 percent live.
Braga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Braga has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 10,392 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Braga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (93%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Braga surname are 23.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.03% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Braga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 75.97% more than the national average, earning €52,844 per year; in Peru they earn 23.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,868 per year; in South Africa they earn 67.26% more than the national average, earning R 397,464 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.23% less than the national average, earning $18,337,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.01% more than the national average, earning $49,193 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $53,746 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Braga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Braga in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रगा | braga | - |
| Braga in the Oriya language | ||
| ବଗ | baga | - |
| Braga in the Russian language | ||
| Брага | braga | - |
| Braga in the Arabic language | ||
| براغا | bragha | - |
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Braga Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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