Brake is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Brake
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Brake

How popular is Brake?

Brake is common in Canada.

Brake is ranked 40436 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Brake bearers increased by 7.911173 per cent in 2010 US census to 6220 since 2000, the surname slipped by 50 spots and ranked at 5591. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.32 90.01
Black 6.67 5.88
Hispanic or Latino 2.49 1.49
Others 1.88 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.21 0.69
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0.49
Brake is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 12092 people have been found who wears Brake as their family name. Brake is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,742 China9
26,321 Israel3
20,541 Peru3
4,104 South Korea2
5,300 Syria2
723,167 Indonesia2
18,718 Thailand2
18,625 Japan2
124,220 Italy2
8,859 Iraq1
3,993 El Salvador1
10,683 Cyprus1
38,063 Mauritania1
2,877 Cuba1
15,705 Cameroon1
37,493 Austria1
123,175 Tanzania1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
1,253 Burundi1
169,904 Brazil1
91,024 Belgium1
120,357 Argentina1
16,283 Lithuania1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,196 Liberia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
5,589 Sudan1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
17,575 Kuwait1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
14,373 Jordan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
68,343 Spain23
536,142 India13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Brake:
10,556 Germany941
7,579 England898
1,836 New Zealand409
8,187 Australia347
27,867 South Africa201
14,639 Netherlands190
2,864 Wales135
23,602 Mexico131
Countries with thousands of Brake:
5,942 United States6,573
2,433 Canada2,043
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Brake Namesakes

  • Nouchka van Brakel, Film director
  • Brian Brake, Photographer
  • Catharina BrÃ¥kenhielm, Politician
  • Richard Brake, Actor
  • An Dorthe Braker, Casting Director
  • Tom Brake, British Politician
  • Flo Braker, Author
  • Jeanette Brakewell, Olympic athlete
  • Laurel Brake, Author
  • Nouchka van Brakel, Film director

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