# Bragg (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bragg/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,934 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,643 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,076 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (21,540 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɹæɡ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bragg 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bragg in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Bragg

- William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer
- Don Bragg, American athletics competitor (1935–2019)
- Joey Bragg, American actor and comedian
- Alvin Bragg, American lawyer and District Attorney of New York County (born 1973)
- Thomas Bragg, American governor and senator (1810–1872)
- Melvyn Bragg, British broadcaster and author (born 1939)
- Elizabeth Bragg, American engineer
- Bernard Bragg, American actor, writer and director (1928-2018)
- Marques Bragg, American basketball player (born 1970)

## Similar surnames

Braga, Briggs, Braggs, Brooks, Burke, Bowers, Brock, Bruce, Berg, Burch, Barrios, Byers.

## 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.