Braughton Surname

539,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 596 people bear this surname

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

Braughton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Braughton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5861:618,53150,040
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3151:159,42414,594

Braughton Last Name Facts

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

Braughton is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Braughton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 539,451st most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,227,426 people. The last name Braughton occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Braughton live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 586 people, or 1 in 618,531. In The United States Braughton is most numerous in: Texas, where 14 percent are found, Ohio, where 11 percent are found and Indiana, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Braughton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Braughton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Braughton last name expanded 186 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Braughton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Braughton are 26.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.28% registered with the political party.

Braughton earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.05% more than the national average, earning $44,896 USD per year.

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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
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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 Braughton
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