Branche Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Branche is one more way Branch has been written over the centuries. Its meaning, shared with Branch, is “one who lived by a fork”. The extra “e” in Branche is a spelling habit rather than a different name.

Branche ranked 29,019 in the 2010 US Census, with 818 people answering to the name. INSEE counts 1,468 people born in France with the Branche surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1941–1950.

There is no single Branche family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Branche report, with a museum-style coat of arms.