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braxton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name of uncertain origin, perhaps from Branxton in Northumberland, which is named with the Celtic personal name Branoc + Old English tun ‘settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the braxton family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of braxton Families in the US in 1920
Number of braxton families
 174-345
 59-173		 1-58
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