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    The surname Bramer

    A surname, carried by 1,596 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B656

    Bramer: #17,605 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bramer #17,605, 1,596 people Bramer: #17,605 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bramer #17,605, 1,596 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bramer is more common than 89.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,596 people named Bramer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,450 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,701.

    #17,605
    rank among US surnames
    1,596
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,752)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,596McGeehan1,597193,328
    #17,605Stahlman1,596193,450
    #17,613Hibler1,595193,571

    Who is named Bramer

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

    96% of people named Bramer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bramers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leonaert Bramer
      17th century Dutch artist known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings (159

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bramer

    Bramer has the Soundex code B656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Bramer?
    1,596 people in the United States had the surname Bramer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,450 Americans. It ranked 17,605th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bramer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Bramer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bramer?
    Leonaert Bramer, 17th century Dutch artist known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings (159.
    Where is the surname Bramer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bramer in Dutch Republic.
    Is the surname Bramer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,701 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,596 in 2010, down 6.2%.