Brakeman Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Brakeman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brakeman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3631:998,50973,813
Belize721:4,937872
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1241:404,98929,999

Brakeman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brakeman is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brakeman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brakeman is the 683,026th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. The surname Brakeman occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Brakeman are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Brakeman is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 998,509. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 18 percent reside, Alabama, where 12 percent reside and Michigan, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Belize, where 17 percent reside.

Brakeman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brakeman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brakeman last name expanded 293 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Brakeman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brakeman last name are 9.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.95% being registered to vote for the party.

Brakeman earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.43% less than the national average, earning $41,237 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brakeman
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