How common is the surname Branco?

2,797 people in the United States had the surname Branco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,385 Americans. It ranked 11,293rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Branco?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Branco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Branco?

Cristina Branco, Angolan handball player.

Where is the surname Branco most common?

Wikidata records people named Branco in Angola.

Is the surname Branco getting more or less common?

More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,797 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Branco

A Portuguese nickname surname, carried by 2,797 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Branco is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

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

Branco is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,797 people named Branco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,385 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,636.

#11,293

rank among US surnames

2,797

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,060)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,288	Eveland	2,799	110,306
#11,290	Auld	2,798	110,345
#11,293	Branco	2,797	110,385
#11,296	Bartolo	2,796	110,424
#11,299	Kovac	2,795	110,464
#11,302	Rabago	2,794	110,503

Who is named Branco

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

85% of people named Branco identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
Two or more races 4.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brancos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cristina Branco
Angolan handball player, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Branco

Branco has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Branco come from?: From Portuguese Branco, from branco (“white”), originally a nickname for a light-skinned man.
How common is the surname Branco?: 2,797 people in the United States had the surname Branco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,385 Americans. It ranked 11,293rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Branco?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Branco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Branco?: Cristina Branco, Angolan handball player.
Where is the surname Branco most common?: Wikidata records people named Branco in Angola.
What type of surname is Branco?: Branco is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Branco getting more or less common?: More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,797 in 2010, up 6.1%.