Braganza Surname

48,287th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Seychelles

Braganza Surname User-submission:

The Portuguese surname Bragança probably comes from the Celtic, which denominated a region in the Iberian Peninsula as Brigantia, which means "land of warrior people".When the Romans ruled the region, Brigantia had great importance, so it was renamed by the Romans as Juliobriga, as a tribute to the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.

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Braganza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India3,4451:222,66013,162
Philippines2,3731:42,6636,790
United Arab Emirates1,0511:8,7181,082
United States7301:496,51941,799
Kuwait4821:7,8851,093
Canada4191:87,9379,722
England4021:138,60213,521
Ecuador3691:43,1054,433
Qatar2151:10,9671,206
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Australia1971:137,03414,802
Tanzania1501:352,94426,073
Argentina1031:414,98531,631
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
New Zealand681:66,59310,133
Spain561:834,85833,799
Pakistan441:4,060,08828,888
Chile361:489,34612,617
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Seychelles291:3,186566
Venezuela291:1,041,52015,561
Italy211:2,912,22398,106
Oman161:230,4983,970
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Austria111:774,13064,097
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Macau91:66,848400
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
France21:33,211,361423,184
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Guam11:160,1214,893
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Braganza (98) may also be a first name.

Braganza Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Portuguese surname Bragança probably comes from the Celtic, which denominated a region in the Iberian Peninsula as Brigantia, which means "land of warrior people".When the Romans ruled the region, Brigantia had great importance, so it was renamed by the Romans as Juliobriga, as a tribute to the Roman emperor Julius Caesar.With the wars between Christians and Muslims, the local villages were almost all destroyed, but rebuilt in the twelfth century, and was put the name of Bragança, which became the center of the County of Bragança and an important city, at the fifteenth century.The surname appeared as a reference to a family origin, which was the city of Bragança.The Bragança noble descendant of Afonso I of Bragança, the first Duke of Bragança and King's illegitimate son John I, who granted the duchy to Afonso I, in the early fifteenth century.There was one time that the kingdoms of Portugal and Spain were united, they had only one king, it created a revolt environment in the Kingdom Portuguese, was when the aristocracy and the Portuguese bourgeoisie chose the Duke of Bragança, D. João II to be the new Portuguese king, who came to be called D. João IV of Portugal, who after winning the Spanish oppression restored Portuguese independence.The House of Bragança became the Fourth Dynasty of Portugal, which has lasted since the restoration of independence in 1640 until the establishment of the republic in Portugal in 1910.From the Bragança dynasty descended from the emperors of Brazil, who ruled the country from 1822 to 1889.

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Braganza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Braganza (Marathi: ागानझा, Russian: Браганза) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Braganza? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 48,287th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 682,099 people. The surname Braganza is primarily found in Asia, where 74 percent of Braganza reside; 33 percent reside in South Asia and 22 percent reside in Luso-South Asia. Braganza is also the 956,749th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 98 people.

The last name is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 3,445 people, or 1 in 222,660. In India Braganza is mostly found in: Goa, where 69 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 22 percent are found and Karnataka, where 2 percent are found. Other than India it exists in 59 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 22 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent are found.

Braganza Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Braganza are 3.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Braganza earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 26.84% more than the national average, earning $54,729 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.04% more than the national average, earning $57,651 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Braganza Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Braganza in the Marathi language
ागानझाaganajha66.67
गंज़ganza33.33
Braganza in the Russian language
Браганзаbraganza-

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