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The Branca surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,220 people carried this name — #21,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,274 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 738 people named Branca live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 395
City of Buenos Aires 126
Santa Fe 86
Córdoba 66
La Pampa 20
Mendoza 17
Corrientes 15
Chubut 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

349 people named Branca live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

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Where they live today

Ticino 140
Basel-Landschaft 46
Zurich 37
Geneva 30
Aargau 29
Vaud 18
Valais 12
Zug 9

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 237 people named Branca.

38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 38
Corsica 100
Paris 23
Var 11
Bouches-du-Rhône 7
Seine-et-Marne 7
Haute-Vienne 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Moselle 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Branca,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ascanio Branca
    Ascanio Branca 1840–1903 · politician
  • Wilhelm von Branca
    Wilhelm von Branca 1844–1928 · geologist
  • Giovanni Branca 1571–1645 · architect
  • Giovanni Battista Branca 1722–1799
  • Giuseppe Antonio Pasquale Branca 1751–1814
  • Bernardino Branca 1802–1886 · entrepreneur

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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