Braxton Surname

31,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,046 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Braxton Surname Definition:

(English) One who lived at, or near, Bracca’s boundary mark.

Braxton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States16,2251:22,3402,807
England2711:205,60217,801
South Africa1191:455,27538,276
Australia1181:228,77721,625
Trinidad and Tobago971:14,0621,818
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Wales61:515,75523,171
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
France51:13,284,544357,392
Panama41:978,06412,245
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
China21:683,660,78330,601
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Macau11:601,6301,582
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England941:259,31218,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,6041:19,2852,447

Braxton (3,678) may also be a first name.

Braxton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who lived at, or near, Bracca’s boundary mark.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

BRACKTON: Local: "the enclosure of brakes, or fern."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Braxton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Braxton occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Braxton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 31,329th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 427,522 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Braxton are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 116,347th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 3,678 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 16,225 people, or 1 in 22,340. In The United States Braxton is primarily found in: Maryland, where 14 percent reside, Virginia, where 13 percent reside and North Carolina, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Braxton occurs in 54 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Braxton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Braxton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 623 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 288 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Braxton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Braxton surname is chiefly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Braxton surname are 3.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.38% registered with the political party.

The amount Braxton earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 0.71% less than the national average, earning R 235,944 per year; in United States they earn 15.35% less than the national average, earning $36,527 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.58% less than the national average, earning $39,459 CAD per year.

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Braxton Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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