Bragg Surname

15,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,403 people bear this surname

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

Bragg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'a braggart,' a boaster. 'Braggere' (Piers Plowman);' Brisk, full of spirit'(Halliwell); 1300, 'That maketh us so brag and bold' (H.E.D).

Henry Brag, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1573.

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Bragg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States28,5731:12,6851,583
England3,5881:15,5292,271
Canada1,7911:20,5732,839
Australia1,4481:18,6432,598
New Zealand2501:18,1133,168
Wales1761:17,5831,911
South Africa821:660,70448,422
Scotland621:86,3526,198
Jamaica581:49,4822,901
Germany561:1,437,59788,094
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Israel291:295,09125,768
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Chile191:927,18319,125
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Costa Rica141:341,4343,425
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
France131:5,109,440259,941
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
China71:195,331,65210,124
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3821:10,2331,551
Wales471:33,3711,813
Jersey141:3,706624
Guernsey81:4,082713
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1661:9,7211,244

Bragg (179) may also be a first name.

Bragg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'a braggart,' a boaster. 'Braggere' (Piers Plowman);' Brisk, full of spirit'(Halliwell); 1300, 'That maketh us so brag and bold' (H.E.D).

Henry Brag, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1573. Edward Bragge, of London: Register of the University of Oxford.

1601. Edmund Bragge, of London: ibid.

1795. Married — John Bragg and Mary Terry: St. George, Hanover Square.

1809. — Edward Jones and Mary Bragger: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Brægo or Brego=Chief, Prince, King [Old English brego] (? Anglo-French-Scand.) metonymic for Braggart [Middle English braggen, to boast; prob. of French- Scandinavian orig.] Henry Brag.—Hand. Rolls.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Brego (chief).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Skelton uses brag in the sense of proud, insolent; it also signifies brisk, full of spirits. Halliw. The Scandinavian Apollo was so called.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Brag, among the Scandinavians, was the god of eloquence, and the word was anciently used in the sense of eloquent; also, accomplished, brave, daring.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From the Old Norse, Bragi; from the Swedish, Brag; from the Danish, Bracker; from the Dutch, Brakke; from the Flemish, Brack; from the French, Bracq; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

At the close of last century, John Bragg, or Beagge, Esq., held the manor of Thomcombe, Thorncombe was originally a Devonshire parish, but now it is included i Dorset, which, with the demesne of Sadborow, the family of Bragge had held as a barton since the reign of Elizabeth (P.). The Bragges are still seated at Sadborow.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

The Bragg surname means 'boastful person'.

- dinn315

Bragg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bragg is found most in The United States. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bragg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bragg is the 15,304th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 200,191 people. The surname Bragg occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Bragg are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Bragg is also the 681,368th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 179 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 28,573 people, or 1 in 12,685. In The United States it is most frequent in: Georgia, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and West Virginia, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 61 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Bragg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bragg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bragg surname increased 553 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 151 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 374 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 500 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Bragg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Bragg surname are 10.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.72% being registered with the political party.

The amount Bragg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.45% more than the national average, earning R 416,940 per year; in United States they earn 6.42% less than the national average, earning $40,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.95% less than the national average, earning $48,714 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Braggs913,315/
Braigg911/
Brhagg910/
Brag89957/
Braiggs831/
Wragg807,297/
Braig802,583/
Bragh80401/
Bragt80236/
Braag8052/
Brags8040/
Breag8015/
Brasg8014/
Brogg8014/
Braug809/
Bragå802/
Bhrag801/
B'Rag801/
Brahg801/
Braqg800/
Braggová771/
Brague732,503/
Wraggs73182/
Braigh73105/
Braugh7363/
Broggs734/
Bhrags732/
Brahag731/
Breahg731/
Bragss731/
Breagh730/
Brak6761,504/
Brac675,267/
Brax67745/
Brog67624/
Breaugh67133/
Børhaug6772/
Bragova6762/
Wrag6713/
Braq672/
Broiggs672/
Wraggsh671/
Vrag671/

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Bragg Reference & Research

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Bragg FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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