How common is the surname Bravo?

41,700 people in the United States had the surname Bravo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,404 Americans. It ranked 828th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bravo?

Claudio Bravo, Argentine association football player, followed by Rubén Bravo.

Where is the surname Bravo most common?

Wikidata records people named Bravo in Argentina, the United States and Nicaragua and 1 other country.

Is the surname Bravo getting more or less common?

More common. 27,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,700 in 2010, up 51%.

The surname Bravo

A Spanish surname, carried by 41,700 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bravo is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Bravo.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,700 people named Bravo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,404 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,576.

#828

rank among US surnames

41,700

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+51.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,165)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#819	McIntosh	42,379	7,285
#820	Howe	42,265	7,305
#821	Livingston	42,103	7,333
#822	Frost	42,015	7,348
#823	Glass	41,802	7,386
#824	Morse	41,774	7,391
#825	Knapp	41,771	7,391

Who is named Bravo

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

91% of people named Bravo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Bravos

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Claudio Bravo
Argentine association football player, born 1997
Rubén Bravo
Argentine footballer (1923-1977)
Martín Bravo
Argentine footballer (born 1986)
Federico Bravo
Argentinian footballer, born 1993
Paul Bravo
American soccer player-coach, born 1968
Osmar Bravo
Boxer, born 1984
Janicza Bravo
American writer, director, and photographer (born 1981)
Ruth Bravo
Argentinian association football player, born 1992
Ermin Bravo
Bosnia and Herzegovina actor, born 1979

Notable Bravos come mostly from Argentina (5), the United States (2) and Nicaragua (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bravo

Brayboy

Bravo has the Soundex code B610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B610.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Bravo come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Bravo.
How common is the surname Bravo?: 41,700 people in the United States had the surname Bravo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,404 Americans. It ranked 828th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bravo?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Bravo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bravo?: Claudio Bravo, Argentine association football player, followed by Rubén Bravo.
Where is the surname Bravo most common?: Wikidata records people named Bravo in Argentina, the United States and Nicaragua and 1 other country.
Is the surname Bravo getting more or less common?: More common. 27,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,700 in 2010, up 51%.