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    The surname Brabham

    A place surname, carried by 2,216 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B615

    Brabham: #13,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Brabham #13,660, 2,216 people Brabham: #13,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Brabham #13,660, 2,216 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brabham is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Brabant, altered by association with habitational surnames ending in -ham.

    Brabham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,216 people named Brabham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,088.

    #13,660
    rank among US surnames
    2,216
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,382)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,654Victorino2,218139,200
    #13,657Gengler2,217139,263
    #13,660Fitzgibbon2,216139,326

    Who is named Brabham

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    61% of people named Brabham identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brabhams

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jack Brabham
      Australian racing driver (1926–2014)
    • David Brabham
      Australian racing driver, born 1965
    • Geoff Brabham
      Australian racecar driver, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brabham

    Brabham has the Soundex code B615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B615.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brabham come from?
    Variant of Brabant, altered by association with habitational surnames ending in -ham.
    How common is the surname Brabham?
    2,216 people in the United States had the surname Brabham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. It ranked 13,660th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brabham?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Brabham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brabham?
    Jack Brabham, Australian racing driver (1926–2014), followed by David Brabham.
    Where is the surname Brabham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brabham in Australia.
    What type of surname is Brabham?
    Brabham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Brabham getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,216 in 2010, up 6.1%.