# Braham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/braham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,680 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,694 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 115,204 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (2,143 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, probably from the roots of broom and either Old English ham (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosure”). * As a Jewish surname, reduced from Abraham.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Braham in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Barham, Brahimi, Brehm, Brame, Byram, Bran, Brahm, Bream, Brown, Bryan, Barron, Braun.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.