Brannen
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɹænən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brannen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Durham and Northumb;. from Mac Branáin, see Brannan .
- GHGhana≈1 in 3.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 74K
- USUnited States1 in 81K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 312 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ghana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Durham and Northumb;. from Mac Branáin, see Brannan .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brannen 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 114K | — | Brannen | 2 |
| GH Ghana | #239 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Brannen | 3 |
| US United States | — | 4,101 | 1 in 81K | 4.1K | Brannen | 312 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 172K | — | Brannen | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 109K | — | Brannen | 84 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Brannen | 78 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Brannen | 1 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Brannen | 1 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)
Brannen 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 German, first/third-person plural preterite of brinnen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite singular of brann
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Western Frisian, plural of brân
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jack Brannenb. 1874CACanadian ice hockey player (1874-1964)
- Paul Brannenb. 1962GBmember of the European Parliament (born 1962)
- John Brannenb. 1974USAmerican basketball coach
- Jamie Brannenb. 1975CACanadian curler
- Nathan Brannenb. 1982CAathletics competitor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.1K | #8,084 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4K | #7,755 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.8K | #8,263 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Brannen mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Durham and Northumb;. from Mac Branáin, see Brannan . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Brannen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹænən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Brannen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Brannen in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brannen.
- How common is the name Brannen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,101 people named Brannen in 2010, about 1 in 81 thousand residents.
- How common is Brannen compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Brannen is the 239th most common surname of 36,883 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/brannenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Brannen” — the 239th most common surname in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.