Brach Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Families named Brach share a German surname with a long history. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “dweller on, or near, the fallow land”.

Surname origin

It is a topographic name, describing where an early bearer lived. Smith also lists Brack, Bracke and Brachman.

1,251 Americans were listed as Brach in the 2010 census. Between 1891 and 2000, 538 babies born in France were registered as Brach, with the most births in 1991–2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Burch and Birch.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Brach family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

Get the complete Brach report, with a museum-style coat of arms.