Brai
surname · Latin script
Meaning: pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Brai is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- ITItaly≈1 in 181K(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 213K
- FRFrance≈1 in 351K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 19 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 181K (inferred from the name graph)
≈350 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); the xinhua-italian-manual register; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; the dz-kaggle-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Brai is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of brayen (“to cry”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In srn, to roast
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, "(V-ger), roldón, una ave marina" A .
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 16 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 47 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 29 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 29 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 23 | #77,623 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 23 | #75,692 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 20 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 9 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 4 | — |
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Brai mean, and where does it come from?
- pitch (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Brai have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 346 people named Brai in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brai.
- How common is the name Brai?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 47 people named Brai, about 1 in 968 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Brai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.