Brasse surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Brasse surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 116 people carried this name — #143,149 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 106 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 307 people named Brasse.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 13
Seine-Maritime 116
Pas-de-Calais 30
Calvados 24
Paris 22
Meurthe-et-Moselle 15
Sarthe 12
Eure-et-Loir 12
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 10

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

In Poland’s population register

73 people named Brasse have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 81 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 39
Masovian 15
Lesser Poland 9
West Pomeranian 4
Lower Silesian 3
Lubusz 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Brasse,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lucien Brasse-Brossard 1900–2000 · teacher
  • Alice Brasse-Forstmann 1903–1990 · painter
  • Wilhelm Brasse 1917–2012 · photographer
  • Wilhelm Brasse 1934– · politician
  • Marc Brasse 1964– · screenwriter
  • Gabriele Brasse 1973– · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Brasse is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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