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    The surname Branam

    A surname, carried by 2,451 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Branam is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,451 people named Branam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,967 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,194.

    #12,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,451
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,858)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,622Hao2,452125,916
    #12,627Shick2,451125,967
    #12,636Mayor2,450126,019

    Who is named Branam

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

    90% of people named Branam identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • 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 Branam

    Branam 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 Branam?
    2,451 people in the United States had the surname Branam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,967 Americans. It ranked 12,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Branam?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Branam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Branam getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,451 in 2010, up 12%.