The brayton Surname

brayton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places in Cumbria and North Yorkshire named Brayton, from Old Scandinavian breithr ‘broad’ or the personal name Breithi + Old English tun ‘farmstead’.

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The brayton name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the brayton family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of brayton Families in the US in 1920

Number of brayton families

54-106

19-53

1-18

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George and Alice Brayton	mesteven11	0
American Brayton Ancestry	Happy Howard	15
Mrs. Teresa Brayton, Rhode Island - Obituary	masspike13	0
janet or derek or lance brayton	brayton	3
Richard Brown, 1798, VT - 1860, CA	bgolden1951	1
Brayton Family	Becky Newlon- Babcock	2
Stephen Brayton, Herkimer Co., NY	Nan_Lambert	0
BRAYTON	Patti Gaynor	8
Brayton Child	melwhisenant31	0
Daniel Brayton, Knox County, IL	dektarr	0

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