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Branson Name Meaning
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’.(of Norman
origin) habitational name from a place called Briençun in northern
France. RW Compare Brinson.patronymic from the personal
name Brand (see Brand).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Branson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Branson families
 83 - 163  28 - 82 |
 1 - 27  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Branson families
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81 - 159 28 - 80 |
1 - 27 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Branson families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Branson Family Origin
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