How common is the surname Braham?

2,680 people in the United States had the surname Braham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,204 Americans. It ranked 11,694th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Braham getting more or less common?

More common. 2,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,680 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Braham

A surname, carried by 2,680 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Braham is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,680 people named Braham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,204 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,143.

#11,694

rank among US surnames

2,680

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+25.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,092)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,685	Rorie	2,682	115,118
#11,688	Rotondo	2,681	115,161
#11,694	Stpeter	2,680	115,204
#11,697	Vanek	2,679	115,247

Who is named Braham

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

62% of people named Braham identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Braham

Braham has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Questions

Where does the surname Braham come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Braham?: 2,680 people in the United States had the surname Braham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,204 Americans. It ranked 11,694th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Braham?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Braham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Braham getting more or less common?: More common. 2,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,680 in 2010, up 25%.