Braniste Surname

317,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Braniste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Braniste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova8021:4,441638
Romania3331:60,2947,297
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Branişte (39) & Braniște (36) are calculated separately.

Braniste Last Name Facts

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

Braniste is more commonly found in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Branişte or Braniște. Click here to see other possible spellings of Braniste.

How Common Is The Last Name Braniste? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 317,867th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,186,372 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Braniste live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe.

It is most widely held in Moldova, where it is carried by 802 people, or 1 in 4,441. In Moldova it is primarily concentrated in: Soroca District, where 53 percent reside, Criuleni District, where 23 percent reside and Chișinău Municipality, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Moldova Braniste occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 28 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Braniste Last Name Statistics demography

Braniste earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.54% more than the national average, earning $56,409 CAD 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
  • 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 Braniste
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