# Brackenbury (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 487 |
| US rank (2010) | 44,193 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 633,974 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (465 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from any of several minor places in England, such as Brackenber, Brackenborough and Breckenbrough.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brackenbury 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Bracken, Bruckner, Brickner, Brackin, Brackins, Brackman, Brackney, Barragan, Bryson, Bergman, Brockman, Briseno.

## 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.