How common is the surname Bracy?

3,808 people in the United States had the surname Bracy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,078 Americans. It ranked 8,635th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bracy?

Marvin Bracy, American sprint athlete.

Where is the surname Bracy most common?

Wikidata records people named Bracy in the United States.

Is the surname Bracy getting more or less common?

More common. 3,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,808 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Bracy

A Norman surname, carried by 3,808 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). Bracy is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

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 3,808 people named Bracy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,078 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,700.

#8,635

rank among US surnames

3,808

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,239)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,629	Zalewski	3,812	80,993
#8,631	Krishnan	3,810	81,036
#8,634	Rankins	3,809	81,057
#8,635	Waites	3,808	81,078
#8,639	McSweeney	3,807	81,099
#8,641	Zacharias	3,805	81,142

Who is named Bracy

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

48% of people named Bracy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Bracys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marvin Bracy
American sprint athlete, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bracy

Bracy 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 Bracy come from?: Bracy is Norman in origin.
How common is the surname Bracy?: 3,808 people in the United States had the surname Bracy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,078 Americans. It ranked 8,635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bracy?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Bracy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bracy?: Marvin Bracy, American sprint athlete.
Where is the surname Bracy most common?: Wikidata records people named Bracy in the United States.
Is the surname Bracy getting more or less common?: More common. 3,700 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,808 in 2010, up 2.9%.