How common is the surname Bratten?

1,426 people in the United States had the surname Bratten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bratten getting more or less common?

More common. 1,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Bratten

A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,426 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bratten is more common than 88.2% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Bhreatnaich (“son of the Briton”), from Breatnach (“Briton”).

Bratten is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,426 people named Bratten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,336.

#19,087

rank among US surnames

1,426

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,909)

Who is named Bratten

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

75% of people named Bratten identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Brattain
Brattin

Surnames that sound like Bratten

Bratten has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bratten come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an Bhreatnaich (“son of the Briton”), from Breatnach (“Briton”).
How common is the surname Bratten?: 1,426 people in the United States had the surname Bratten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,512 Americans. It ranked 19,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bratten?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Bratten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Bratten?: Bratten is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Bratten getting more or less common?: More common. 1,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,426 in 2010, up 6.7%.
What are other spellings of Bratten?: Brattain and Brattin.