Find out how popular the last name Bracy is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Bracy.

Bracy, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Bracy surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Bracy in America

Bracy is the 8635th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Bracy surname appeared 3,808 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Bracy.

We can also compare 2010 data for Bracy to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Bracy

The surname Bracy is of Anglo-Norman origin, derived from a place name in Normandy, France. It is believed to have originated from the Old French words "bras" meaning "arm" and "cy" meaning "this place", referring to a locality named after a distinguishing physical feature.

The earliest known bearer of the surname was William de Bracy, a Norman knight who fought alongside William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. He was granted lands in Leicestershire, England, and his descendants adopted the surname Bracy.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, a record of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror, the name is recorded as "Braci" and "Brasci". These early spellings reflect the Norman-French pronunciation of the name.

One notable member of the Bracy family was Sir Hugh Bracy, a prominent landowner and knight who lived in the late 12th century. He was involved in the Third Crusade and is mentioned in chronicles of the time.

Another early bearer of the name was Robert de Bracy, who was recorded as a landowner in Warwickshire, England, in the 13th century. The place name "Bracy" is derived from his holdings in the area.

In the 14th century, the surname appears in various spellings, including "Brascy", "Brassie", and "Brassye", reflecting the transition from Norman-French to English pronunciations.

One of the earliest recorded literary references to the surname is in the 14th-century poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", where a character named Sir Bracy is mentioned as one of King Arthur's knights.

Other notable individuals with the surname Bracy include John Bracy, a member of the English Parliament in the 15th century, and Sir Edmund Bracy, a prominent military commander who served during the Wars of the Roses in the late 15th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Bracy

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Bracy.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Bracy was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Bracy has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Bracy was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

If you have a correction or suggestion to improve the history of Bracy, please contact us.

Reference this page

We spend a lot of resources downloading, cleaning, merging, and formatting the data that is shown on the site.

If you found the data or information on this page useful in your research, please use the tool below to properly cite or reference Name Census as the source. We appreciate your support!