Brennan Surname

3,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144,187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Brennan Surname Definition:

(Celtic) 1 the O. Irish Brénainn.

2 for the Irish Branan (genit. O’Branain) [v. under Bran(n, and + the diminutive suff. -án]

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Brennan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States69,0331:5,251597
Ireland21,9641:21413
England19,4851:2,860383
Australia16,3291:1,653201
Canada7,9541:4,632650
Northern Ireland2,3111:798140
Scotland2,0951:2,556476
New Zealand9911:4,569721
Wales6261:4,943536
South Africa3631:149,25016,956
Thailand3391:208,37334,683
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
France2481:267,83441,280
Argentina2051:208,50417,193
Spain1901:246,06315,834
Jamaica1801:15,9441,497
Dominican Republic1081:96,6014,209
Brazil991:2,162,36767,701
Isle of Man951:903137
Singapore941:58,5932,307
Jersey911:1,090141
Japan871:1,469,47524,192
Panama871:44,9682,279
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
Guam491:3,268415
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Barbados381:7,564673
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Denmark281:201,59716,538
Mexico261:4,774,08528,474
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
China191:71,964,2933,948
Hong Kong191:386,0783,192
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Malta181:23,9041,289
Norway161:321,39331,311
United States Virgin Islands141:7,8841,168
Austria121:709,62061,025
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Trinidad and Tobago121:113,6657,200
Uruguay121:285,98020,148
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
South Korea71:7,320,0371,243
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Cayman Islands51:12,7791,374
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Anguilla21:6,718471
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Macau11:601,6301,582
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tonga11:107,313791
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland14,6591:30221
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,8301:8,6131,302
Scotland2261:16,5631,785
Wales711:22,0901,271
Jersey71:7,4121,296
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,9741:4,194519

Brennan (11,642) may also be a first name.

Brennan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) 1 the O. Irish Brénainn.

2 for the Irish Branan (genit. O’Branain) [v. under Bran(n, and + the diminutive suff. -án]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Braonáin The name of four unrelated septs, located in Ossory, east Galway, Kerry and Westmeath.

The Co. Fermanagh sept of Ó Branáin was also anglicized Brennan as well as Brannan. Bibl; IF 60 etc; Map Kerry and Kilk; Plate II

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

“Little Sad One” (Braon) in Erse.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Irish) Grandson of little Bran (raven).

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

User-submitted Reference

From an Irish surname derived from Ó Braonáin meaning "descendant of Braonán". Braonán is a given name meaning "sorrow"

- kjbrennan

This surname means 'little raven'.

- lbrennan

Brennan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Brennan (Arabic: برنن, Russian: Бреннан) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brennan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,881st most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,542 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Brennan reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 55,309th most widely held forename globally It is held by 11,642 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 69,033 people, or 1 in 5,251. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 6 percent are found and New Jersey, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 113 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 15 percent are found and England, where 14 percent are found.

Brennan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Brennan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Brennan surname grew 577 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 150 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it grew 689 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 927 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 882 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Brennan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (97%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Brennan last name are 6.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.9% being registered with the party.

The amount Brennan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.81% less than the national average, earning 319,065 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 125.66% more than the national average, earning R 536,256 per year; in United States they earn 14.75% more than the national average, earning $49,513 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.14% more than the national average, earning $52,735 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Brennan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Brennan in the Russian language
Бреннанbrennan-
Brennan in the Arabic language
برننbrnn-
برنانbrnan-

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