Bracken is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Bracken
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Bracken

How popular is Bracken?

Bracken is common in Australia.

Bracken is ranked 29223 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Bracken bearers increased by 2.772942 per cent in 2010 US census to 8265 since 2000, the surname slipped by 231 spots and ranked at 4299. The last name was found in around 28 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.72 90.75
Black 5.86 6.04
Hispanic or Latino 2.06 1.41
Others 1.46 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.33 0.2
Bracken is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 17251 people have been found who wears Bracken as their family name. Bracken is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
78,945 Argentina3
90,215 Germany3
3,014 Taiwan2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
54,135 Philippines2
14,004 Hungary2
34,681 Norway2
18,625 Japan2
65,594 Belgium2
20,595 China2
2,578 Guam1
19,810 Croatia1
897,276 Russia1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
34,581 Chile1
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,190 Barbados1
408 Åland1
17,768 Pakistan1
2,057 Isle of Man1
58,885 Poland1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
2,024 Mongolia1
56,169 Mexico1
6,967 Macedonia1
81,201 Switzerland1
12,745 Luxembourg1
3,071 Jersey1
153,416 Italy1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
49,393 Netherlands35
9,620 Singapore30
60,950 Spain28
7,162 Thailand15
482 Northern Mariana Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
2,305 Northern Ireland95
4,622 Wales79
3,881 Hong Kong59
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with hundreds of Bracken:
16,752 South Africa365
3,888 New Zealand196
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Bracken:
4,030 United States9,925
388 Ireland2,009
3,972 England1,893
4,101 Canada1,114
3,011 Australia1,025
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Dennis Bracken worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Arabella and arrived on May 14, 1846. Thomas Bracken (18) Workman, U Bracken (36) , Patt Bracken (20) Servant, Maid Dolly Bracken, Ann Bracken (20) Workwoman, 24 years old Pat. Bracken, Patk. Bracken, aged 25, Jas. Bracken, aged 21, and 103 other Bracken around 43.75% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and shoemaker, farmer, dressmaker, spinster migrated to US.

Bracken Namesakes

  • In 2018 0 flick, Dollar Mason, Elena Bracken characterized Jessica James.

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