The Bravo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 27,576 people carried this name — #1,165 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,780 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 595 people named Bravo.
248 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 55 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
408 people named Bravo live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Bravo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Bravo in American newspapers,
1824–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 188,436 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bravo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan Bravo 1483–1521 · politician -
Cristoforo Bravo 1601–1700 -
Nicolás Bravo 1786–1854 · military personnel -
Johan Bravo 1797–1876 · teacher -
Juan Bravo Murillo 1803–1873 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 222 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bravo.
- Braun 32,676 · U.S. census
- Brauner 1,261 · U.S. census
- Braunschweig 510 · U.S. census
- Braunstein 2,006 · U.S. census
- Bravard 369 · U.S. census
- Bravin 169 · U.S. census
- Bray 34,575 · U.S. census
- Braye 265 · U.S. census
- Brayer 385 · U.S. census
- Braz 720 · U.S. census
- Brazier 2,890 · U.S. census
- Brazille 207 · U.S. census
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