Bratton Family History
Bratton Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: variant spelling of
Bratten.English: habitational name from any of the
places called Bratten (in Shropshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) or from
Bratton Clovelly or Bratton Fleming in Devon. The Shropshire and
Somerset places are named with Old English broc ‘hook’ +
tun ‘settlement’. The Wiltshire and Devon names are from Old
English br?c ‘newly cultivated ground’ + tun.
UK Shrops.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bratton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bratton families
 57 - 111  20 - 56 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bratton families
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43 - 84 15 - 42 |
1 - 14 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bratton families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bratton Family Origin
Bratton Immigration Information
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Bratton Family Occupations
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