Brave Surname
Approximately 1,645 people bear this surname
Brave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 575 | 1:18,581 | 1,594 |
| Iran | 266 | 1:288,656 | 20,734 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Argentina | 88 | 1:485,721 | 36,028 |
| Nigeria | 74 | 1:2,393,821 | 79,921 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Netherlands | 46 | 1:367,113 | 40,368 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Israel | 28 | 1:305,630 | 26,425 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Chile | 16 | 1:1,101,030 | 21,213 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Brave (14,011) may also be a first name.
Brave Demographics
Average Male Brave Height
174.74 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Brave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brave Come From? nationality or country of origin
Brave (Hindi: ब्रेव, Marathi: बव, Russian: Браве) is more frequently found in Haiti than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Brave? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 242,620th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,430,119 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Brave live; 35 percent live in Caribbean and 35 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 48,591st most common first name internationally. It is borne by 14,011 people.
The surname Brave is most commonly held in Haiti, where it is borne by 575 people, or 1 in 18,581. In Haiti Brave is mostly found in: Nord, where 91 percent reside, Ouest, where 7 percent reside and Nord-Est, where 2 percent reside. Besides Haiti Brave is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 16 percent reside and Egypt, where 9 percent reside.
Brave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brave has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Brave last name grew 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brave Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Brave earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 3.87% less than the national average, earning $47,760 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Brave Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brave in the Hindi language | ||
| ब्रेव | breva | 92.86 |
| ब्रंेव | brameva | 7.14 |
| Brave in the Marathi language | ||
| बव | bava | 80 |
| बरवे | barave | 20 |
| Brave in the Russian language | ||
| Браве | brave | - |
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Brave Reference & Research
Bravo DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Bravo FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Brave
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis