Brathwaite Surname

40,098th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,086 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Brathwaite Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Braithwaite.' (t) A hamlet in township of Dacre, near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire; (a) a hamlet in parish of Keighley, Yorkshire; (3) a hamlet in parish of Kirk Bramwith, near Doncaster.

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Brathwaite Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,8081:75,3878,633
Barbados3,7081:784
Trinidad and Tobago1,4181:962139
Canada6321:58,3006,875
England5791:96,23210,237
Panama5671:6,900722
Grenada3471:31351
Guyana2771:2,752504
United States Virgin Islands1481:74699
British Virgin Islands1071:29562
Suriname451:12,2803,102
Jamaica451:63,7773,321
Antigua and Barbuda381:2,610406
Saint Lucia331:5,418729
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Liberia291:152,01810,911
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Wales111:281,32115,850
Sweden111:895,16066,831
France101:6,642,272293,169
Cayman Islands101:6,389805
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Bahamas91:43,528797
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31:37,5531,173
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominica11:75,891912
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England541:451,39625,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Brathwaite (23) may also be a first name.

Brathwaite Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Braithwaite.' (t) A hamlet in township of Dacre, near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire; (a) a hamlet in parish of Keighley, Yorkshire; (3) a hamlet in parish of Kirk Bramwith, near Doncaster.

Alan de Bratthethwait, kosert 20 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Geoffrey de Braytweyt, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alicia Brathwayt, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Brathwat, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus de Brathwayt, 1379: ibid.

1744. Married — Mr. Benjamin Brathwait and Mrs. Emery Coles: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1750. — William Braithwaite and Mary Crowthers: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An English surname. There are two places of the name in Yorkshire and one in Cumberland. The name is found in Edinburgh in the seventeenth century as Breathit and Breathwit (Edinb. Marr.). George Brathwait took the oath in 1684 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 455), and Jean Braithwaite appears in Dumfries, 1750 (Dumfries).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) One who came from Braithwaite (broad clearing), the name of places in Cumberland and Yorkshire.

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

A township in Cumberland. De Bratwayt occurs in H.R. in co. York.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Braithwaite is a characteristic north of England name, occurring in Westmoreland, Cumberland, Yorkshire, and Lancashire. A Cumberland parish and West Riding hamlets are thus called. An ancient Westmoreland family of Brathwaite or Braithwaite resided at Ambleside, near Kendal, in the 16th and 17th centuries, and afterwards at Warcop and Burneside; to this family belonged Richard Brathwaite, the poet, who was born in 1588 (N. and N. B.). The mayors of Kendal in 1746, 1791, 1820, and 1825, bore the name (N.), which is still represented in the town. Christopher Braithwaite was mayor of Ripon in 1711 (Gent's "Ripon"). De Bratwayt was a Yorkshire surname in the 13th century (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Brathwaite Last Name Facts

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

Brathwaite occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Brathwaite.

How Common Is The Last Name Brathwaite? popularity and diffusion

The surname Brathwaite is the 40,098th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 556,896 people. Brathwaite is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Brathwaite are found; 45 percent are found in Caribbean and 45 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 2,239,265th most common first name at a global level, held by 23 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 4,808 people, or 1 in 75,387. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 47 percent reside, Georgia, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 56 countries. It also occurs in Barbados, where 28 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 11 percent reside.

Brathwaite Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brathwaite has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brathwaite last name rose 12,995 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,072 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brathwaite Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Brathwaite surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Brathwaite surname are 20.8% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 74.03% registered with the political party.

The amount Brathwaite earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 16.84% more than the national average, earning R 277,656 per year; in Colombia they earn 45.43% less than the national average, earning $12,388,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $43,723 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.94% less than the national average, earning $49,218 CAD per year.

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