How common is the surname Branton?

2,807 people in the United States had the surname Branton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Branton getting more or less common?

More common. 2,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Branton

An English surname, carried by 2,807 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Branton is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English Branton, Braunton, Brampton, Brombton, Bremtone, variants of Middle English Brampdon, Bromdun, Bremedon, etc., from Old English brōmdūn, equivalent to broom + down (“hill”). Doublet of Brandon.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,807 people named Branton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,750.

#11,264

rank among US surnames

2,807

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,674)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991
#11,269	Eckard	2,806	110,030
#11,272	Yeo	2,805	110,070
#11,273	Gallman	2,804	110,109

Who is named Branton

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

83% of people named Branton identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Branton

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

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Branton come from?: From Middle English Branton, Braunton, Brampton, Brombton, Bremtone, variants of Middle English Brampdon, Bromdun, Bremedon, etc., from Old English brōmdūn, equivalent to broom + down (“hill”). Doublet of Brandon.
How common is the surname Branton?: 2,807 people in the United States had the surname Branton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,991 Americans. It ranked 11,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Branton?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Branton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Branton getting more or less common?: More common. 2,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,807 in 2010, up 2.1%.