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The surname Bragdon

A surname, carried by 1,999 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B623

Bragdon: #14,827 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bragdon #14,827, 1,999 people Bragdon: #14,827 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bragdon #14,827, 1,999 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bragdon is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,999 people named Bragdon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,450 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.

#14,827
rank among US surnames
1,999
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+0.8%
change since 2000 (was #13,957)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,821Reigle2,001154,296
#14,824Stoneman2,000154,373
#14,827Caudell1,999154,450
#14,834Dames1,998154,527

Who is named Bragdon

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

93% of people named Bragdon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bragdon

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

Questions

How common is the surname Bragdon?
1,999 people in the United States had the surname Bragdon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,450 Americans. It ranked 14,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bragdon?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bragdon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bragdon getting more or less common?
More common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,999 in 2010, up 0.8%.