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 more frequently found in Puerto Rico than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Brana, Braná, Branà, Brána or Brană. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Braña? popularity and diffusion
The surname Braña is the 56,117th most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 806,144 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Braña live; 43 percent live in Caribbean and 43 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.
It is most commonly held in Puerto Rico, where it is borne by 3,813 people, or 1 in 931. In Puerto Rico it is mostly concentrated in: San Juan, where 29 percent reside, Guaynabo, where 13 percent reside and Toa Baja, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Puerto Rico this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 24 percent reside and Spain, where 22 percent reside.
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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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