Brannaghan Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Brannaghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Brannaghan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:6,190,895170,599
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Isle of Man31:18,0901,402

Brannaghan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brannaghan is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Brannaghan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brannaghan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Brannaghan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Brannaghan are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in British Isles.

Brannaghan is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 6,190,895. In England Brannaghan is most prevalent in: Somerset, where 56 percent live, Durham, where 33 percent live and Hampshire, where 11 percent live. Besides England this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 40 percent live.

Brannaghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Brannaghan has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Brannaghan surname fell 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brannagan95595/
Branaghan95118/
Brannangan903/
Branaighan901/
Brainnagan901/
Branneghan900/
Brannagain900/
Brannaigan900/
Branagan892,395/
Brannegan8469/
Branagham841/
Bronnagan840/
Branhagan840/
Branegan7831/
Branagon780/
Bronagan780/
Brainegan740/
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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 Brannaghan
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