# Brauch (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 581 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,155 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 531,404 people |
| Change since 2000 | -18.3% (711 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

South German surname, from the noun Brauch (“custom”) or the related verb, brauchen (“to enjoy, use”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brauch 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Burch, Birch, Brush, Broach, Brochu, Bruch, Burtch, Brach, Baruch, Barch, Brash, Bruce.

## 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.