Braughan Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Braughan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Braughan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Braughan Last Name Facts

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

Braughan is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Braughan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Braughan is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Braughan live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Braughan is most prevalent in: Staffordshire, where 75 percent reside and Lancashire, where 25 percent reside. Outside of England it exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent reside.

Braughan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Braughan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Braughan last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Braughan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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
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  • 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 Braughan
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