The Bracke surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 250 people carried this name — #76,768 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 247 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,596 people named Bracke live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 149 people named Bracke.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Bracke,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Bracke 1842–1880 · writer -
Johann Christian Bracke 1650–1710 · carpenter
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Joachim Christoph Bracke 1738–1801 · preacher
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Karel Bracke 1747–1827
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Otto Bracke 1872–1934 · lawyer
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Robert Bracke 1912–1977 · entomologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bracke.
- Bracci 341 · U.S. census
- Braccini 131 · U.S. census
- Bracco 1,610 · U.S. census
- Brach 1,251 · U.S. census
- Brache 323 · U.S. census
- Brack 3,588 · U.S. census
- Bradel 121 · U.S. census
- Bradley 136,720 · U.S. census
- Brady 73,145 · U.S. census
- Braem 181 · U.S. census
- Braesch 126 · U.S. census
- Braet 137 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bracke is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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