Bracht
See also: bracht
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From various places in central Germany named Bracht, and the short form of central German personal names ending in -bracht, Old High German beraht, a regional version of Bert, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *berht (“bright”).
Proper noun
[edit]Bracht (plural Brachts)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bracht is the 32302nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 713 individuals. Bracht is most common among White (95.51%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bracht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212.