Brakke

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English

Etymology

As a Norwegian surname Brække, variant of Brekke.
As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch bracke (“bloodhound”), from Frankish *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).

Proper noun

Brakke (plural Brakkes)

A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Brakke is the 40313^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 543 individuals. Brakke is most common among White (96.87%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brakke”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 214.

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