# Bracey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bracey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,485 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,230 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,289 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (5,119 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from either of two places in France called Brécy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bracey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bracey in the United States and Australia.

## People named Bracey

- Luke Bracey, Australian actor (born 1989)
- Sidney Bracey, American actor (1877–1942)
- Ishman Bracey, American singer-guitarist
- Steve Bracey, American basketball player (1950–2006)
- Bryan Bracey, American basketball player
- Ally Brooke, American singer

## Similar surnames

Bruce, Brice, Brace, Bryce, Bracy, Brase, Bearce, Brake, Brack, Brickey, Broach, Bracco.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.