Brack
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from ME braches, probably OFr braches, plural of brachet; first attested Relicta le Brak 1296 SRSx
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbɹæk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brack is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 29K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 93K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 103K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 293 (measured from records)
- 1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
3,588 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Bracke 'tracking hound'; also related to Brache
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Brack is read(measured from records)
Brack is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English73%
from ME braches, probably OFr braches, plural of brachet; first attested Relicta le Brak 1296 SRSx
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
Relicta le Brak 1296 SRSx; William Brak 1327 SRSx; Thomas Brakke, Braxez, Brax 1484, 1496, 1532 FrY. ME braches plur. is probably OFr braches, plur. of brachet. From this plural was apparently educed an English singular brache ‘a hound which hunts by scent’ (c1340 NED). braches occurs as brackes in 1490.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
Salty or brackish water.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German11%
from Bracke 'tracking hound'; also related to Brache
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
name for a master of hunting dogs or nickname for one thought to resemble a hunting dog, MHG bracke (OHG bracho). The cognate ME word was derived via OF brachez (pi. of bracket, dim. of *brache), the sing, form being re¬ created by back-formation from the OF pi. Vars.: Braiden, (O’)Bradane, (O’)Bradden, Salmon, Fisher.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brack 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 3,588 | 1 in 93K | 3.6K | Brack | 293 |
| DE Germany | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Brack | 105 |
| GH Ghana | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Brack | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | 788 | 1 in 11K | 788 | Brack | 39 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 103K | listed | Brack | 107 |
| BE Belgium | 312 | 1 in 38K | 312 | Brack | 23 |
| IE Ireland | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Brack | 13 |
3,588 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; the hanks-dictionary-surnames-1988 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population 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)
Brack is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sco, Doric Scots form of brak (“to break”)
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)
- Walter Brackb. 1880DEswimmer (1880–1919)
- Viktor Brackb. 1904DEGerman economist and Nazi party functionary, convicted war criminal (1904-1948)
- Gibby Brackb. 1908USAmerican baseball player (1908–1960)
- John Brackb. 1920AUAustralian artist (1920–1999)
- Georg Brackb. 1931DEGerman engineer (1931-2014)
- Bill Brackb. 1935CAracecar driver
- Antonio Brack Eggb. 1940PEPeruvian politician (1940-2014)
- John Brackb. 1950CHSwiss singer (1950–2006)
- Katrin Brackb. 1958DEGerman university teacher
- Georg BrackDEGerman composer, fl. 1507/17
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 32 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.6K | #9,108 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.3K | #9,028 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.1K | #9,962 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 788 | #1,554 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 312 | #5,276 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 293 | #5,884 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of English Surnames (Reaney & Wilson, 1991) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Brack come from?
- from Bracke 'tracking hound'; also related to Brache Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Brack?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbɹæk/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Brack mean?
- In English, from ME braches, probably OFr braches, plural of brachet; first attested Relicta le Brak 1296 SRSx
- In which country does Brack have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Brack, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brack.
- Where is Brack most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Brack is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Brack?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,588 people named Brack in 2010, about 1 in 93 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, “Brack”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.