How common is the surname Bracey?

5,485 people in the United States had the surname Bracey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,289 Americans. It ranked 6,230th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bracey?

Luke Bracey, Australian actor (born 1989), followed by Sidney Bracey.

Where is the surname Bracey most common?

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

Is the surname Bracey getting more or less common?

More common. 5,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,485 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Bracey

A Norman place surname, carried by 5,485 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bracey is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

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

Bracey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,485 people named Bracey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,289 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,119.

#6,230

rank among US surnames

5,485

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,162)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,226	Bramlett	5,494	56,197
#6,228	Deberry	5,493	56,207
#6,229	Rackley	5,488	56,258
#6,230	Harker	5,485	56,289

Who is named Bracey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

59% of people named Bracey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Braceys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luke Bracey
Australian actor (born 1989)
Sidney Bracey
American actor (1877–1942)
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist, 1901–1970
Steve Bracey
American basketball player (1950–2006)
Bryan Bracey
American basketball player, born 1978
Ally Brooke
American singer, born 1993

Notable Braceys come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bracey

Bracey has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bracey come from?: English habitational surname of Norman origin, from either of two places in France called Brécy.
How common is the surname Bracey?: 5,485 people in the United States had the surname Bracey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,289 Americans. It ranked 6,230th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bracey?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Bracey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bracey?: Luke Bracey, Australian actor (born 1989), followed by Sidney Bracey.
Where is the surname Bracey most common?: Wikidata records people named Bracey in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Bracey?: Bracey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Bracey getting more or less common?: More common. 5,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,485 in 2010, up 7.1%.