Braña Surname
Approximately 9,040 people bear this surname
Braña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 3,813 | 1:931 | 132 |
| Philippines | 2,157 | 1:46,935 | 7,593 |
| Spain | 1,947 | 1:24,012 | 2,552 |
| Argentina | 621 | 1:68,830 | 5,865 |
| Mexico | 229 | 1:542,036 | 9,396 |
| Cuba | 106 | 1:108,705 | 3,127 |
| Chile | 55 | 1:320,300 | 9,085 |
| Uruguay | 43 | 1:79,808 | 8,179 |
| Venezuela | 31 | 1:974,325 | 14,902 |
| Costa Rica | 19 | 1:251,583 | 2,896 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Brana (4,879), Braná (103), Branà (31), Brána (3) & Brană (1) are calculated separately.
Braña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braña Come From? nationality or country of origin
Braña is found most in Puerto Rico. It can also occur as a variant: Brana, Braná, Branà, Brána or Brană. Click here for further potential spellings of Braña.
How Common Is The Last Name Braña? popularity and diffusion
The surname Braña is the 56,117th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 806,144 people. Braña occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Braña live; 43 percent live in Caribbean and 43 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.
The last name is most widespread in Puerto Rico, where it is held by 3,813 people, or 1 in 931. In Puerto Rico it is most prevalent in: San Juan, where 29 percent are found, Guaynabo, where 13 percent are found and Toa Baja, where 11 percent are found. Beside Puerto Rico this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 24 percent are found and Spain, where 22 percent are found.
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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 Braña
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