Brailey
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from the River Bray + ley (“meadow”).
Proper noun
editBrailey (plural Braileys)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brailey is the 34149th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 665 individuals. Brailey is most common among White (49.62%) and Black/African American (45.11%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brailey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 214.