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

The last name Braniff occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Braniff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 198,981st most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,470,260 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Braniff live; 46 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 43 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 943 people, or 1 in 384,368. In The United States Braniff is most frequent in: Texas, where 15 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States Braniff is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 20 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Braniff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Braniff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Braniff last name grew 725 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 514 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 36 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Braniff Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Braniff last name is primarily Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Braniff last name are 8.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.5% registered to vote for the political 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/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis