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    The surname Bramhall

    An English place surname, carried by 1,116 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B654

    Bramhall: #22,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bramhall #22,924, 1,116 people Bramhall: #22,924 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bramhall #22,924, 1,116 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bramhall is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Bramhall is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 1,116 people named Bramhall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,110.

    #22,924
    rank among US surnames
    1,116
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,832)

    Who is named Bramhall

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

    94% of people named Bramhall identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Bramhalls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Doyle Bramhall II
      American guitarist, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Bramhall

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

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Bramhall come from?
    From Old English brōm (“broom”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).
    How common is the surname Bramhall?
    1,116 people in the United States had the surname Bramhall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bramhall?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Bramhall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Bramhall?
    Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist.
    Where is the surname Bramhall most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bramhall in the United States.
    What type of surname is Bramhall?
    Bramhall is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Bramhall getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,110 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 0.5%.
    What are other spellings of Bramhall?
    Bramall, Bramel, Bramhill, Brummell and Brimhall.