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
Brave Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Brave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Brave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Brave (Hindi: ब्रेव, Marathi: बव, Russian: Браве) is most common in Haiti. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Brave? popularity and diffusion
The surname Brave is the 242,620th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,430,119 people. The last name Brave occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Brave reside; 35 percent reside in Caribbean and 35 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. Brave is also the 48,591st most common first name throughout the world It is held by 14,011 people.
It is most commonly used in Haiti, where it is carried by 575 people, or 1 in 18,581. In Haiti it is mostly found in: Nord, where 91 percent live, Ouest, where 7 percent live and Nord-Est, where 2 percent live. Excluding Haiti this surname exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 16 percent live and Egypt, where 9 percent live.
Brave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Brave has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Brave surname grew 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Brave Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Brave last name is principally 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
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