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

Brignac, 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 Brignac surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Brignac in America

Brignac is the 19398th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Brignac surname appeared 1,393 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Brignac.

We can also compare 2010 data for Brignac 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 Brignac

The surname Brignac originated in the Occitan region of southern France, where it first appeared around the 11th century. It is derived from the Old Occitan word "brignac," meaning a type of wild plum or sloe bush. This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived near or worked with these types of plants.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Cartulaire de Brioude, a medieval manuscript from the Auvergne region, which mentions a person named "Guillelmus de Brignac" in 1095. The name is also found in various other historical records from the region, such as the Cartulaire de Saint-Victor-de-Marseille from the 12th century.

In the 13th century, the name appears in several areas of southern France, including the village of Brignac in the Lot department, which likely took its name from the same Occitan root. This village is mentioned in the Pouillé de Gaillac, a medieval ecclesiastical record from 1263.

One notable early bearer of the name was Bertrand de Brignac, a 14th-century nobleman from the Languedoc region, who served as a knight in the service of the Count of Toulouse during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453).

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the name spread to other parts of France, including the Île-de-France region around Paris. One prominent figure from this period was Jean de Brignac (1573-1649), a French magistrate and author who served as a counselor in the Parlement of Paris.

In the 18th century, the name made its way to North America, where it was borne by several individuals of French descent, such as Pierre Brignac (1712-1782), a farmer and landowner in the French colony of Louisiana.

Other notable bearers of the surname include Jacques-François Brignac (1789-1858), a French military officer who served under Napoleon Bonaparte, and Pierre-Marie Brignac (1824-1901), a French Catholic priest and historian who wrote extensively about the history of Brittany.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Brignac

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

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 Brignac 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 Brignac 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 Brignac was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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