How common is the surname Bracht?

713 people in the United States had the surname Bracht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. It ranked 32,302nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bracht?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bracht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Bracht getting more or less common?

Less common. 748 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 713 in 2010, down 4.7%.

The surname Bracht

A surname, carried by 713 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bracht is more common than 80.1% of them.

Origin

From various places in central Germany named Bracht, and the short form of central German personal names ending in -bracht, Old High German beraht, a regional version of Bert, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *berht (“bright”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 713 people named Bracht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. That is down 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 748.

#32,302

rank among US surnames

713

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-4.7%

change since 2000 (was #29,696)

Who is named Bracht

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

96% of people named Bracht identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bracht

Bracht has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Questions

Where does the surname Bracht come from?: From various places in central Germany named Bracht, and the short form of central German personal names ending in -bracht, Old High German beraht, a regional version of Bert, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *berht (“bright”).
How common is the surname Bracht?: 713 people in the United States had the surname Bracht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. It ranked 32,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bracht?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bracht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Bracht getting more or less common?: Less common. 748 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 713 in 2010, down 4.7%.