Braithwaite Surname
Approximately 19,945 people bear this surname
Braithwaite Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Braithwaite.' (t) A hamlet in township of Dacre, near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire; (a) a hamlet in parish of Keighley, Yorkshire; (3) a hamlet in parish of Kirk Bramwith, near Doncaster.
Read More About This SurnameBraithwaite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,636 | 1:8,396 | 1,228 |
| United States | 5,367 | 1:67,535 | 7,861 |
| Australia | 2,504 | 1:10,781 | 1,601 |
| Canada | 1,473 | 1:25,014 | 3,374 |
| Guyana | 762 | 1:1,000 | 150 |
| South Africa | 626 | 1:86,546 | 10,647 |
| New Zealand | 595 | 1:7,611 | 1,301 |
| Jamaica | 280 | 1:10,250 | 1,095 |
| Scotland | 220 | 1:24,336 | 2,683 |
| Wales | 208 | 1:14,878 | 1,624 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 194 | 1:7,031 | 1,058 |
| Bahamas | 160 | 1:2,448 | 344 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 155 | 1:640 | 106 |
| Peru | 109 | 1:291,597 | 11,141 |
| Northern Ireland | 109 | 1:16,927 | 2,219 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Chile | 44 | 1:400,374 | 10,831 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| British Virgin Islands | 32 | 1:987 | 161 |
| Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 26 | 1:1,320 | 152 |
| Panama | 23 | 1:170,098 | 5,250 |
| Isle of Man | 21 | 1:4,087 | 875 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Grenada | 14 | 1:7,752 | 722 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Barbados | 6 | 1:47,908 | 1,717 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Montserrat | 5 | 1:989 | 156 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 139 | 1:31,870 | 3,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,410 | 1:7,148 | 1,107 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:103,978 | 5,126 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:62,737 | 3,061 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:5,188 | 903 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 184 | 1:272,928 | 22,173 |
Braithwaite (51) may also be a first name.
Braithwaite Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Braithwaite.' (t) A hamlet in township of Dacre, near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire; (a) a hamlet in parish of Keighley, Yorkshire; (3) a hamlet in parish of Kirk Bramwith, near Doncaster.
Alan de Bratthethwait, kosert 20 Edward II: Freemen of York.
Geoffrey de Braytweyt, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alicia Brathwayt, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus de Brathwat, 1379: ibid.
Willelmus de Brathwayt, 1379: ibid.
1744. Married — Mr. Benjamin Brathwait and Mrs. Emery Coles: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
1750. — William Braithwaite and Mary Crowthers: ibid.
An English surname. There are two places of the name in Yorkshire and one in Cumberland. The name is found in Edinburgh in the seventeenth century as Breathit and Breathwit (Edinb. Marr.). George Brathwait took the oath in 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 455), and Jean Braithwaite appears in Dumfries, 1750 (Dumfries).
(Scandinavian) belonging to Braith- waite = 1 the Broad Clearing [Old Norse breið-r, broad + þυeit, a clearing] 2 the Brae-Clearing [Old Norse brá, a brae, hill-slope]
(English) One who came from Braithwaite (broad clearing), the name of places in Cumberland and Yorkshire.
A township in Cumberland. De Bratwayt occurs in H.R. in co. York.
A location name in Yorkshire.
Braithwaite is a characteristic north of England name, occurring in Westmoreland, Cumberland, Yorkshire, and Lancashire. A Cumberland parish and West Riding hamlets are thus called. An ancient Westmoreland family of Brathwaite or Braithwaite resided at Ambleside, near Kendal, in the 16th and 17th centuries, and afterwards at Warcop and Burneside; to this family belonged Richard Brathwaite, the poet, who was born in 1588 (N. and N. B.). The mayors of Kendal in 1746, 1791, 1820, and 1825, bore the name (N.), which is still represented in the town. Christopher Braithwaite was mayor of Ripon in 1711 (Gent's "Ripon"). De Bratwayt was a Yorkshire surname in the 13th century (H. R.).
Braithwaite Demographics
Average Braithwaite Salary in
United States
$45,291 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Braithwaite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braithwaite Come From? nationality or country of origin
Braithwaite is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Braithwaite? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 26,932nd most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 365,382 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Braithwaite live; 36 percent live in Northern Europe and 36 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 51 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 6,636 people, or 1 in 8,396. In England Braithwaite is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 15 percent reside, Lancashire, where 7 percent reside and West Yorkshire, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 81 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.
Braithwaite Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Braithwaite has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 2,917 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 611 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 832 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Braithwaite Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Braithwaite surname is primarily Anglican (57%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Braithwaite surname are 9.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.26% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Braithwaite earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.16% less than the national average, earning 307,444 kr per year; in Peru they earn 70.6% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,070 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.96% more than the national average, earning R 344,484 per year; in United States they earn 4.96% more than the national average, earning $45,291 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.95% more than the national average, earning $52,641 CAD per year.
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