Brailey Surname
Approximately 2,094 people bear this surname
Brailey Surname Definition:
(Eng,) 1 Dweller at the Brae-Lea [Middle English bra, bro, Old Norse brá, a brow, hill-slope + Middle English ley, Old English leáh] 2 a weak form of Braidley = Bradley, q.v.
Brailey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 835 | 1:434,083 | 37,397 |
| England | 651 | 1:85,588 | 9,383 |
| Australia | 387 | 1:69,756 | 8,270 |
| Canada | 75 | 1:491,275 | 42,011 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 311 | 1:78,377 | 8,472 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 299 | 1:167,955 | 15,192 |
Brailey (34) may also be a first name.
Brailey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Eng,) 1 Dweller at the Brae-Lea [Middle English bra, bro, Old Norse brá, a brow, hill-slope + Middle English ley, Old English leáh] 2 a weak form of Braidley = Bradley, q.v.
Brailey Demographics
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Brailey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brailey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brailey is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Brailey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 199,442nd most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,480,203 people. Brailey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Brailey live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 34 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 835 people, or 1 in 434,083. In The United States Brailey is most prevalent in: South Carolina, where 16 percent are found, Michigan, where 11 percent are found and Louisiana, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in England, where 31 percent are found and Australia, where 18 percent are found.
Brailey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Brailey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brailey last name increased 279 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 209 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 288 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brailey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Brailey surname are 4.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.53% registered with the political party.
The amount Brailey earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 2.58% less than the national average, earning $42,036 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.63% more than the national average, earning $68,878 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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