How common is the surname Brannan?

7,452 people in the United States had the surname Brannan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,431 Americans. It ranked 4,753rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brannan?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brannan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brannan?

Jay Brannan, American singer-songwriter and actor, followed by Samuel Brannan.

Where is the surname Brannan most common?

Wikidata records people named Brannan in the United States.

Is the surname Brannan getting more or less common?

More common. 6,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,452 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Brannan

A surname, carried by 7,452 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brannan is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,452 people named Brannan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,431 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,820.

#4,753

rank among US surnames

7,452

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,754)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,744	Hecht	7,466	41,354
#4,745	Freund	7,465	41,359
#4,746	Piatt	7,463	41,370
#4,747	Cloutier	7,461	41,381
#4,749	Derr	7,456	41,409
#4,751	Posada	7,454	41,420
#4,752	Pointer	7,453	41,426

Who is named Brannan

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

92% of people named Brannan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brannans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jay Brannan
American singer-songwriter and actor, born 1982
Samuel Brannan
American politician (1819–1889)
Charles F. Brannan
American politician (1903-1992)
Joseph E. Brennan
American politician (1934-2024)
Shane Brennan
Australian television producer and writer, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brannan

Brannan 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 Brannan?: 7,452 people in the United States had the surname Brannan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,431 Americans. It ranked 4,753rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brannan?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Brannan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brannan?: Jay Brannan, American singer-songwriter and actor, followed by Samuel Brannan.
Where is the surname Brannan most common?: Wikidata records people named Brannan in the United States.
Is the surname Brannan getting more or less common?: More common. 6,820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,452 in 2010, up 9.3%.