The Braga surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,776 people carried this name — #10,595 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
360 people named Braga live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 158 people named Braga.
60 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Vosges.
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.
In print
Braga in American newspapers,
1762–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,170 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Braga,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gaetano Braga 1829–1907 · composer -
Maria do Carmo Xavier Braga 1841–1911 · politician -
Teófilo Braga 1843–1924 · writer -
Luís de Braga Júnior 1850–1918 · investor -
Cincinato Braga 1864–1953 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 211 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Braga.
- Bradel 121 · U.S. census
- Bradley 131,289 · U.S. census
- Brady 71,175 · U.S. census
- Braem 194 · U.S. census
- Braesch 113 · U.S. census
- Braet 159 · U.S. census
- Brager 884 · U.S. census
- Brague 177 · U.S. census
- Braham 2,143 · U.S. census
- Brahim 138 · U.S. census
- Brahimi 104 · U.S. census
- Braida 152 · U.S. census
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