The Braunschweig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 581 people carried this name — #38,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 14% from 510 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
103 people named Braunschweig live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 81 people named Braunschweig 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 Chaco.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Braunschweig.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
Braunschweig in American newspapers,
1902–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,718 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Braunschweig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elisabeth Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1539–1586 · aristocrat -
Marie Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg 1616–1665 · aristocrat -
Sophie Caroline Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1737–1817 · ruler -
Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1749–1810 · politician -
Augusta Dorothea of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1749–1803 · politician
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Elisabeth of Brunswick-Calenberg 1526–1566 · aristocrat
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Braunschweig.
- Brau 520 · U.S. census
- Braud 2,396 · U.S. census
- Brauer 4,906 · U.S. census
- Brault 2,029 · U.S. census
- Braun 34,491 · U.S. census
- Brauner 962 · U.S. census
- Braunstein 2,304 · U.S. census
- Bravard 373 · U.S. census
- Bravin 183 · U.S. census
- Bravo 41,700 · U.S. census
- Bray 34,906 · U.S. census
- Braye 242 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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