Last Name BRISBANE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning A place where courts were held; brys, a trial at law, and bann, a mount; breasban, the royal mount. The family of Brisbane is of considerable antiquity ; the present descendants are in possession of an elbow chair made of oak, having the family arms, with the date 1357 carved on the back. William Brisbane was Chancellor of Scotland in 1332.
Origin Scottish, Irish

Rank 23,104 (2000 US census) 36,197 (1990 US census)
Count 1,032 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 42.73%, or 441 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 50.1%, or 517 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.49%, or 36 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.91%, or 30 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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