Explore the Family Name Bronaugh

The meaning of Bronaugh

Americanized form of French Bruneau. This surname is also common among African Americans. History: Many of the Bronaughs trace their origin to Arnaud Bruneau alias Bronaugh and his son Paul, Huguenots from France, who toward the end of the 17th century came to SC, via England.

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How common is the last name Bronaugh in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Bronaugh saw a slight decline in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 29,758 to 29,918. Despite this drop in ranking, the actual count of individuals with the Bronaugh surname increased by 5.23 percent during the same time period, rising from 746 to 785. However, when looking at the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a 3.57 percent decrease.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,758	#29,918	-0.54%
Count	746	785	5.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.27	-3.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bronaugh

Regarding ethnic identity, Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that there were some shifts for the Bronaugh surname between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased slightly from 52.41 percent to 50.70 percent. Those identifying as Black increased from 39.41 percent to 42.29 percent. Notably, there was an emergence of individuals with the Bronaugh surname identifying as Hispanic in 2010, which was not recorded in 2000. Meanwhile, the proportion identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native disappeared entirely in the 2010 data. The percentage of those identifying with two or more races also declined, dropping from 2.95 percent to 2.29 percent. There was no change in the Asian/Pacific Islander category.

	2000	2010	Change
White	52.41%	50.7%	-3.26%
Black	39.41%	42.29%	7.31%
Hispanic	0%	2.93%	0%
Two or More Races	2.95%	2.29%	-22.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.55%	0%	0%