Where Does The Last Name Brake Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Brake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻛﻪ, Hindi: ब्राके, Marathi: ाके) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms: Braķe or Bräke. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brake? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 37,552^nd most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 519,685 people. The surname Brake is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Brake are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 935,178^th most frequent first name on earth, held by 102 people.

Brake is most common in The United States, where it is held by 7,835 people, or 1 in 46,262. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 10 percent live, Ohio, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 62 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 16 percent live and Germany, where 11 percent live.

Brake Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Brake has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 808 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 129 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 546 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,033 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brake Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Brake surname are 16.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.52% being registered with the political party.

The amount Brake earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 57.99% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,143 per year; in South Africa they earn 41.25% more than the national average, earning R 335,664 per year; in United States they earn 2.7% less than the national average, earning $41,982 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.83% less than the national average, earning $45,792 CAD per year.