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branson Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from any of several places: Branston in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Staffordshire, Brandeston in Suffolk, Brandiston in Norfolk, or Braunston in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. All are named with the Old English personal name Brant + tun ‘settlement’.
  2. (of Norman origin) habitational name from a place called Briençun in northern France. Compare Brinson.
  3. patronymic from the personal name Brand (see Brand).

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Distribution of branson Families in the US in 1920
Number of branson families
 83-163
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