Braniff Surname

198,981st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,100 people bear this surname

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

Braniff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Braniff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9431:384,36833,876
Northern Ireland4191:4,403860
England2261:246,54020,052
Canada1611:228,85521,956
Australia1591:169,78417,425
Chile691:255,3117,659
Mexico661:1,880,70018,230
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland981:45,2033,964
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
Scotland111:340,29210,329
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1301:386,29828,876

Braniff (43) may also be a first name.

Braniff Last Name Facts

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

Braniff is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Braniff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 198,981st most common last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,470,260 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Braniff are found; 46 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Braniff is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 43 people.

The last name Braniff is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 943 people, or 1 in 384,368. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 15 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 20 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Braniff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Braniff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Braniff surname rose 725 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 514 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 36 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Braniff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Braniff surname are 8.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Braniff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.06% more than the national average, earning $48,351 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.12% more than the national average, earning $51,732 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Branniff9396/
Brauniff931/
Branhiff931/
Brainiff930/
Braneff86150/
Breniff8613/
Branife865/
Broniff861/
Branief861/
Brannif860/
Bronif770/
Braneuf711/
Braniov711/
Breneff710/
Breasnef671/
Branev6212/
Brenef622/
Braneva5723/
Brongiv5712/
Bronisv576/
Broniev574/
Brajnev572/
Bratnev571/
Brannew571/

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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 Braniff
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