as a Last Name
- 29,743
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Branch
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English, Old French branche ‘branch’ (Late Latin branca ‘foot’, ‘paw’), the application of which as a surname is not clear. In America it has been adopted as a translation of any of the numerous Swedish surnames containing the element gren ‘branch’, and likewise of French Labranche, German Zweig, and Finnish Haara, Oksa, and Oksana.
| 1,014th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 29,743
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virginia
- has the most people named Branch per capita
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