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    The surname Bramel

    An English surname, carried by 587 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B654

    Bramel: #37,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Bramel #37,848, 587 people Bramel: #37,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Bramel #37,848, 587 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bramel is more common than 76.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Variant of Bramhall, itself Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 587 people named Bramel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 525,972 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 676.

    #37,848
    rank among US surnames
    587
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.2%
    change since 2000 (was #32,161)

    Who is named Bramel

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

    96% of people named Bramel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bramel

    Bramel has the Soundex code B654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B654.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bramel come from?
    Variant of Bramhall, itself Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).
    How common is the surname Bramel?
    587 people in the United States had the surname Bramel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 525,972 Americans. It ranked 37,848th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bramel?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bramel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Bramel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 587 in 2010, down 13%.