The Brawley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,193 people carried this name — #7,896 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,009 in 2000.

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In Scotland’s registers today

Brawley was recorded 11 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.

That made it the 1788th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 10. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.

National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In print

Brawley in American newspapers,
1899–1909.

Newspaper page from The Whitefish Pilot carrying the name Brawley
The Whitefish Pilot 1909-12-02
Newspaper page from El Paso Daily Herald carrying the name Brawley
El Paso Daily Herald 1899-10-23
Newspaper page from Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier carrying the name Brawley
Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier 1907-03-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,427 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brawley in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

95 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brawley. The most, 22, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 41
South Australia 22
Western Australia 13
New South Wales 10
Victoria 7
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Brawley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William H. Brawley
    William H. Brawley 1841–1916 · judge
  • Edward M. Brawley
    Edward M. Brawley 1851–1923 · educator
  • Daniel F. Brawley 1818–1885 · politician
  • John Brawley 1845–1906
  • M. A. Brawley 1850–1922 · politician
  • Harriet Brawley 1870–1937

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brawley,
in the records of 4 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 States316 records

316 records of the Brawley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 128
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 47
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 29
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alfred D. Brawley

    Born 1925 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 at Jefferson Barracks; farm hand from Shannon County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Munsell Cemetery, Mountain View, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susan Brawley

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Devonshire from Liverpool, aged 21; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Charles E. Brawley

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1944, died 1997; buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 316 records for Brawley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Brawley name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  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 Margaret Brawley

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the George Hibbert, arriving 1834; certificate of freedom 1848.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hugh Brawley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Nebraska, aged 21; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Sarah Brawley

    Leased farmland at Toowoomba, Queensland in 1885.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Brawley in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Brawley name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Gerald Brawley

    Buried in 2000 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 66.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Brawley

    Died 1947 in Sydney, Cape Breton, 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 Paul Franklin Brawley

    Died in service in 1942.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Brawley in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. 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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Brawley name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Angela Maude Brawley

    Died 1965, aged 76; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Brawley

    Died 1962, aged 80; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City 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).

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