The branson Surname

branson Name Meaning and History

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. 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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branson Family Facts

Distribution of branson Families in the US in 1920

Number of branson families

83-163

28-82

1-27

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
Blanche Branson in Denton, TX 1917	drbrownlee	0
Irena Branson of Mariposa County, CA	dsmeds2	3
Bones of the Bransons	acannavo	4
Herbert BRANSON - KS	Stephen	3
Photo/Robert Branson	decafjnr	21
New Branson Genealogy Web Site	oregongal8	1
Jarred Branson Sr.	D. Reynolds	23
New Branson DNA Project	oregongal8	1
Robert Herman Branson	Kenny Branson	2
Josephine Branson	Donna App	13

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