How common is the surname Brantley?

21,395 people in the United States had the surname Brantley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,431 Americans. It ranked 1,684th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Brantley?

Betsy Brantley, American actress, followed by Michael Brantley.

Where is the surname Brantley most common?

Wikidata records people named Brantley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Brantley?

Brantley is /ˈbræn.tli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Brantley getting more or less common?

More common. 19,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,395 in 2010, up 7.2%.

Is Brantley also a first name?

Yes. Brantley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brantley

A German surname, carried by 21,395 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbræn.tli/ 2 syllables Soundex B653 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brantley is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

German origin

Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,395 people named Brantley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,431 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,953.

#1,684

rank among US surnames

21,395

people in 2010

7.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,646)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,675	Hankins	21,532	14,339
#1,676	Raines	21,518	14,348
#1,677	Thacker	21,512	14,352
#1,678	Sadler	21,504	14,358
#1,679	Sotelo	21,455	14,390
#1,681	Cote	21,446	14,396
#1,682	Bower	21,445	14,397

Who is named Brantley

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

59% of people named Brantley identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brantleys

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Betsy Brantley
American actress, born 1955
Michael Brantley
American baseball player, born 1987
Jarrell Brantley
American basketball player (born 1996)
Larry Brantley
American stand-up comedian, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brantley

Brantley has the Soundex code B653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B653.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brantley come from?: Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."
How common is the surname Brantley?: 21,395 people in the United States had the surname Brantley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,431 Americans. It ranked 1,684th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brantley?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Brantley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Brantley?: Betsy Brantley, American actress, followed by Michael Brantley.
Where is the surname Brantley most common?: Wikidata records people named Brantley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Brantley?: Brantley is /ˈbræn.tli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Brantley getting more or less common?: More common. 19,953 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,395 in 2010, up 7.2%.
Is Brantley also a first name?: Yes. Brantley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.