Brantly Surname

500,792nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 657 people bear this surname

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

Brantly Surname Definition:

(English) One who lived at, or near, the meadow where broom grew; one who came from Bramley (clearing overgrown with broom), the name of various places in England.

Brantly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6411:565,45946,482
England81:6,964,757184,742
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3411:37,4494,438

Brantly (178) may also be a first name.

Brantly Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who lived at, or near, the meadow where broom grew; one who came from Bramley (clearing overgrown with broom), the name of various places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Brantly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Brantly is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brantly? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brantly is the 500,792nd most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,092,155 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Brantly live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Brantly is also the 683,417th most common forename worldwide, borne by 178 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 565,459. In The United States Brantly is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 15 percent reside, Texas, where 11 percent reside and Louisiana, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Brantly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brantly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brantly last name decreased 52 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brantly Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Brantly last name are 20.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.44% being registered with the political party.

Brantly earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.17% more than the national average, earning $44,515 USD per year.

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Brantly Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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