Braga

Braga is the 8,664th most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,633 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 82,300.

By the numbers

People: 3,633
Rank: 8,664th
How common: 1 in 82,300
Per 100,000: 1.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Portuguese

From Portuguese Braga, Old Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari, whose name is thought to be from Proto-Celtic *Bracara.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Braga described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 80.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino 6.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.3%
Black, not Hispanic 1.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Braga

Sônia Braga (born 1950)Brazilian-American actress
Alice Braga (born 1983)Brazilian actress and producer
Teófilo Braga (1843–1924)Portuguese politician
Ademilson Braga Bispo Junior (born 1994)Brazilian association football player
Brannon Braga (born 1965)television producer
Abel Braga (born 1952)Brazilian footballer and manager
Nilo Murtinho Braga (1903–1975)Brazilian footballer
Gabriel Braga Nunes (born 1972)Brazilian actor

People named Braga with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Braga

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.