The Brannen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,101 people carried this name — #8,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,950 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

20 people named Brannen is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 20

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Brannen in American newspapers,
1881–1922.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Brannen
The Salt Lake Herald 1881-01-15
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Brannen
The Salt Lake Herald 1881-01-06
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Brannen
The Washington Times 1922-07-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,447 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brannen in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

95 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brannen. The most, 50, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 28
South Australia 19
Queensland 15
Western Australia 15
Victoria 10
Tasmania 8

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brannen.

Who carried it

People named Brannen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jack Brannen
    Jack Brannen 1874–1964 · ice hockey player
  • Bob Brannen
    Bob Brannen 1927–1990 · politician
  • Jamie Brannen 1975–2022 · curler

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brannen,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States361 records

361 records of the Brannen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 161
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 42
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 35
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 28
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 24
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thomas W. Brannen

    Born 1912 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Cincinnati; sales clerk from Greene County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Woodland Cemetery of Xenia, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Robert Brannen

    Born 1946; from Statesboro, Georgia. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellen Brannen

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Fidelia from Liverpool, aged 18; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 361 records for Brannen in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada260 records

260 records of the Brannen name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 255
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Barbara Brannen

    Buried in 1979 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 48.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Thomas Brannen

    Died 1959 in Lower Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Asa Mervin Brannen

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 260 records for Brannen in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia17 records

17 records of the Brannen name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Patrick Brannen

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the British Sovereign, sailing from London & Dublin in 1840. Native of Leitrim.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Brannen

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the John Melhuish, aged 21; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas Brannen

    Died 1891 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 72.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Brannen in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Brannen name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record James F. Brannen

    Died 1917. Named in the roll of honour (1926).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Brannen

    Corporal, Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Brannen

    West Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Brannen name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James Brannen

    Buried in 1988 at Tairua Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 76.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Brannen name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Augustin Brännen

    Married in 1626 in Grossmünster, canton of Zürich.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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