Släkthistoria för Brank
Brank Vad efternamn betyder
American shortened and altered form of Italian Branca and possibly also of some other Italian surnames beginning with Branca-. Probably also an American shortened form of German Branke: from a Germanized pet form of Slavic personal names based on the element bran ‘to defend’ (see Brankovich). Slovenian: variant of Frank. In some cases probably also an American shortened form of Serbian and Croatian Branković or Slovenian Brankovič (see Brankovich).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
