# Bravo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bravo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 41,700 |
| US rank (2010) | 828 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | +51% (27,576 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bravo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bravo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 91% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bravo in Argentina, the United States, Nicaragua and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## People named Bravo

- Claudio Bravo, Argentine association football player
- Rubén Bravo, Argentine footballer (1923-1977)
- Martín Bravo, Argentine footballer (born 1986)
- Federico Bravo, Argentinian footballer
- Paul Bravo, American soccer player-coach
- Osmar Bravo, boxer
- Janicza Bravo, American writer, director, and photographer (born 1981)
- Ruth Bravo, Argentinian association football player
- Ermin Bravo, Bosnia and Herzegovina actor

## Similar surnames

Brayboy, Barbee, Barba, Brophy, Berube, Barbeau, Barb, Borba, Burba, Barbe, Bourbeau, Burpee.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.