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    The surname Braman

    A surname, carried by 2,539 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Braman: #12,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Braman #12,250, 2,539 people Braman: #12,250 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Braman #12,250, 2,539 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Braman is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,539 people named Braman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,601 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,455.

    #12,250
    rank among US surnames
    2,539
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,705)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,242Satterlee2,541121,506
    #12,247Bondurant2,540121,553
    #12,250Koeller2,539121,601
    #12,255Cabe2,538121,649

    Who is named Braman

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

    93% of people named Braman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Braman

    Braman has the Soundex code B655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Braman?
    2,539 people in the United States had the surname Braman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,601 Americans. It ranked 12,250th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Braman?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Braman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Braman getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,539 in 2010, up 3.4%.