# Bramhall (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,116 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,924 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 276,654 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (1,110 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bramall, Bramel, Bramhill, Brummell, Brimhall |

## Etymology

From Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bramhall 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bramhall in the United States.

## People named Bramhall

- Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist

## Similar surnames

Brimhall, Bramlett, Bramwell, Bramley, Bramel, Bernal, Brownlee, Barnhill, Brownell, Brumley, Bromley, Barnwell.

## 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.