How common is the surname Braxton?

12,268 people in the United States had the surname Braxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,167 Americans. It ranked 2,921st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Braxton?

Toni Braxton, American singer, followed by Tamar Braxton.

Where is the surname Braxton most common?

Wikidata records people named Braxton in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

How do you pronounce Braxton?

Braxton is /ˈbɹækstən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Braxton getting more or less common?

More common. 11,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,268 in 2010, up 9.1%.

Is Braxton also a first name?

Yes. Braxton 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 Braxton

A place surname, carried by 12,268 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɹækstən/ 2 syllables Soundex B623 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). Braxton is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Branxton, in Northumberland.

Braxton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,268 people named Braxton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,167 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,249.

#2,921

rank among US surnames

12,268

people in 2010

4.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,938)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,912	Brinson	12,303	25,095
#2,914	Ralston	12,302	25,097
#2,915	Altamirano	12,296	25,109
#2,916	Swann	12,293	25,116
#2,917	Alicea	12,287	25,128
#2,918	Broughton	12,273	25,156
#2,919	Oglesby	12,271	25,161

Who is named Braxton

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

72% of people named Braxton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 72%
White (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Braxtons

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Toni Braxton
American singer, born 1966
Tamar Braxton
American singer-songwriter, actress and television personality (born 1977)
Anthony Braxton
American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)
Carter Braxton
American politician (1736-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence
Janice Lawrence Braxton
American basketball player (born 1962)
Kara Braxton
American basketball player (1983–2026)
Traci Braxton
American singer and media personality (1971–2022)
Edward Braxton
American Roman Catholic prelate, born 1944
Tyondai Braxton
American musician, born 1978
Mark Rober
American YouTuber, engineer and inventor, born 1980

Notable Braxtons come mostly from the United States (9) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Braxton

Braxton has the Soundex code B623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B623.

Questions

Where does the surname Braxton come from?: Perhaps a habitational surname from the village of Branxton, in Northumberland.
How common is the surname Braxton?: 12,268 people in the United States had the surname Braxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,167 Americans. It ranked 2,921st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Braxton?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Braxton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Braxton?: Toni Braxton, American singer, followed by Tamar Braxton.
Where is the surname Braxton most common?: Wikidata records people named Braxton in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Braxton?: Braxton is /ˈbɹækstən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Braxton?: Braxton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Braxton getting more or less common?: More common. 11,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,268 in 2010, up 9.1%.
Is Braxton also a first name?: Yes. Braxton 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.