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    The surname Branham

    A surname, carried by 13,872 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B655

    Branham: #2,599 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Branham #2,599, 13,872 people Branham: #2,599 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Branham #2,599, 13,872 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Branham is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,872 people named Branham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,257 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,550.

    #2,599
    rank among US surnames
    13,872
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,446)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,590Lofton13,90022,212
    #2,591Myles13,89822,215
    #2,593Humphreys13,89522,220
    #2,594Renner13,88922,230
    #2,595Alves13,88222,241
    #2,596Forrester13,87822,247
    #2,597Coy13,87522,252

    Who is named Branham

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

    86% of people named Branham identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Branhams

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William M. Branham
      American Christian minister (1909–1965)
    • Malaki Branham
      American basketball player (born 2003)
    • Sara Branham
      American physician and microbiologist, 1888–1962

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Branham

    Branham 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 Branham?
    13,872 people in the United States had the surname Branham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,257 Americans. It ranked 2,599th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Branham?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Branham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Branham?
    William M. Branham, American Christian minister (1909–1965), followed by Malaki Branham.
    Where is the surname Branham most common?
    Wikidata records people named Branham in the United States.
    Is the surname Branham getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,872 in 2010, up 2.4%.