Bracht

See also: bracht

English

Etymology

The element -bracht is found in many English placenames, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *berht (“bright”), related to the Dutch personal name Albrecht.

Proper noun

Bracht (plural Brachts)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bracht is the 32302^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 713 individuals. Bracht is most common among White (95.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bracht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212.