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    The surname Brauch

    A German surname, carried by 581 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B620

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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). Brauch is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 581 people named Brauch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 711.

    #38,155
    rank among US surnames
    581
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -18.3%
    change since 2000 (was #30,900)

    Who is named Brauch

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

    96% of people named Brauch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brauch

    Brauch has the Soundex code B620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B620.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Brauch come from?
    South German surname, from the noun Brauch (“custom”) or the related verb, brauchen (“to enjoy, use”).
    How common is the surname Brauch?
    581 people in the United States had the surname Brauch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. It ranked 38,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brauch?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Brauch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Brauch getting more or less common?
    Less common. 711 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 581 in 2010, down 18%.