Last name Brainerd (Brainerd 
) , all around the world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Brainerd is habitual in the United States, where it is a rare surname, Canada, and New Zealand, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Very seldom, Brainerd is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Brainerd | Nigeria, Canada, Philippines, United States, United Kingdom |
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david brainerd Missionary in colonial North America, US (b. 1718) |
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| john brainerd 1720-1781 , missionary (b. 1720) |
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lawrence brainerd American politician (1794-1870), US (b. 1794) |
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george bradford brainerd American engineer and photographer, US (b. 1845) |
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| joseph hungerford brainerd (1801-1879), US (b. 1801) |
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| mary whiting brainerd (1806-1889) (b. 1806) |
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| thomas brainerd (b. 1804) |
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frank a. brainerd politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1870) |
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| brainerd kellogg 1834-1920 American educator, US (b. 1834) |
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| cephas brainerd (b. 1831) |
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| samuel myron brainerd American politician (1842-1898), US (b. 1842) |
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| ezra brainerd American botanist and academic administrator (1844-1924) (b. 1844) |
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| john c. brainerd American politician – Minnesota -- "J.C." House 1895-96 (District 12), US (b. 1844) |
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| benjamin f. brainerd (b. 1835) |
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| erastus brainerd American journalist (1855-1922), US (b. 1855) |
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