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    The surname Branan

    A surname, carried by 1,220 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Branan: #21,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Branan #21,429, 1,220 people Branan: #21,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Branan #21,429, 1,220 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Branan is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,220 people named Branan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,070 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 883.

    #21,429
    rank among US surnames
    1,220
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.2%
    change since 2000 (was #26,078)

    Who is named Branan

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

    91% of people named Branan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Branan

    Branan has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Branan?
    1,220 people in the United States had the surname Branan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,070 Americans. It ranked 21,429th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Branan?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Branan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Branan getting more or less common?
    More common. 883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,220 in 2010, up 38%.