# Branco (surname)

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

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,797 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,293 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 110,385 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (2,636 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Portuguese Branco, from branco (“white”), originally a nickname for a light-skinned man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Branco 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 4.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Branco in Angola.

## People named Branco

- Cristina Branco, Angolan handball player

## Similar surnames

Barranco, Brannock, Branca, Branch, Branson, Branscum, Brancato, Brannigan, Branigan, Branscome, Bransford, Barnes.

## 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.