Brathwaite Surname
Approximately 13,086 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameBrathwaite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,808 | 1:75,387 | 8,633 |
| Barbados | 3,708 | 1:78 | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,418 | 1:962 | 139 |
| Canada | 632 | 1:58,300 | 6,875 |
| England | 579 | 1:96,232 | 10,237 |
| Panama | 567 | 1:6,900 | 722 |
| Grenada | 347 | 1:313 | 51 |
| Guyana | 277 | 1:2,752 | 504 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 148 | 1:746 | 99 |
| British Virgin Islands | 107 | 1:295 | 62 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Jamaica | 45 | 1:63,777 | 3,321 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 38 | 1:2,610 | 406 |
| Saint Lucia | 33 | 1:5,418 | 729 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| Venezuela | 26 | 1:1,161,695 | 16,759 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Cayman Islands | 10 | 1:6,389 | 805 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Bahamas | 9 | 1:43,528 | 797 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
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.
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).
(English) One who came from Braithwaite (broad clearing), the name of places in Cumberland and Yorkshire.
A township in Cumberland. De Bratwayt occurs in H.R. in co. York.
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.).
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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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braithwaite | 95 | 19,945 | / |
| Breathwaite | 95 | 57 | / |
| Bratwaite | 95 | 41 | / |
| Brathwait | 95 | 21 | / |
| Brathwaithe | 95 | 19 | / |
| Brathwite | 95 | 16 | / |
| Bratthwaite | 95 | 5 | / |
| Brathwate | 95 | 5 | / |
| Brathwaiter | 95 | 5 | / |
| Brauthwaite | 95 | 2 | / |
| Braythwaite | 95 | 1 | / |
| Brathwhaite | 95 | 1 | / |
| Braethwaite | 95 | 0 | / |
| Braithwaithe | 91 | 32 | / |
| Braithewaite | 91 | 16 | / |
| Braithtwaite | 91 | 2 | / |
| Braithwaitte | 91 | 1 | / |
| Braithwhaite | 91 | 0 | / |
| Braithwait | 90 | 246 | / |
| Braitwaite | 90 | 47 | / |
| Brethwaite | 90 | 29 | / |
| Braithwate | 90 | 21 | / |
| Brahtwaite | 90 | 12 | / |
| Braithwite | 90 | 10 | / |
| Brathwaith | 90 | 10 | / |
| Breathwait | 90 | 6 | / |
| Brathwhite | 90 | 5 | / |
| Bratwaithe | 90 | 4 | / |
| Brathweite | 90 | 3 | / |
| Brathwatie | 90 | 3 | / |
| Brathwatte | 90 | 2 | / |
| Brathwaits | 90 | 2 | / |
| Bratdwaite | 90 | 1 | / |
| Bradhwaite | 90 | 1 | / |
| Brattwaite | 90 | 1 | / |
| Breathwate | 90 | 0 | / |
| Breathwite | 90 | 0 | / |
| Braithwaith | 86 | 19 | / |
| Braithwhite | 86 | 5 | / |
| Braitewaite | 86 | 3 | / |
| Braithwatie | 86 | 3 | / |
| Braithwatte | 86 | 2 | / |
| Brethwaithe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Breithwaite | 86 | 1 | / |
| Braitthwite | 86 | 1 | / |
| Braithewait | 86 | 1 | / |
| Braithwaiti | 86 | 1 | / |
| Braithewite | 86 | 1 | / |
| Brathweithe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Braithweite | 86 | 1 | / |
| Breathwaitt | 86 | 0 | / |
| Breathwit | 84 | 28 | / |
| Braitwait | 84 | 2 | / |
| Braithwit | 84 | 1 | / |
| Braithwaiths | 82 | 3 | / |
| Braihtwaitte | 82 | 1 | / |
| Brahtwayte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Braithwata | 80 | 1 | / |
| Braithuate | 80 | 0 | / |
| Breathwith | 80 | 0 | / |
| Braithwatts | 76 | 3 | / |
| Brethweithe | 76 | 1 | / |
| Breithweite | 76 | 1 | / |
| Bradwater | 74 | 7 | / |
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