# Branham (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,872 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,599 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,257 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (13,550 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Branham 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Branham in the United States.

## People named Branham

- William M. Branham, American Christian minister (1909–1965)
- Malaki Branham, American basketball player (born 2003)
- Sara Branham, American physician and microbiologist

## Similar surnames

Burnham, Brannon, Brannan, Brannen, Branum, Braman, Branam, Branan, Burningham, Brennan, Browning, Berman.

## 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.