How common is the surname Braun?

34,491 people in the United States had the surname Braun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,951 Americans. It ranked 1,012th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Braun?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Braun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Braun?

Carol Moseley Braun, American politician and lawyer, followed by Nicholas Braun.

Where is the surname Braun most common?

Wikidata records people named Braun in the United States, Austria and Brazil and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Braun?

Braun is /bɹɑːn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Braun getting more or less common?

More common. 32,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,491 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Braun

A German surname, carried by 34,491 people in the United States.

Pronounced /bɹɑːn/ 1 syllable Soundex B650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Braun is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Braun. Doublet of Brown.

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 34,491 people named Braun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,951 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,676.

#1,012

rank among US surnames

34,491

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #973)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,003	Bray	34,906	8,845
#1,004	Nieves	34,896	8,848
#1,005	Petty	34,882	8,851
#1,006	McGrath	34,871	8,854
#1,007	Kaufman	34,844	8,861
#1,008	Holden	34,824	8,866
#1,009	Krause	34,722	8,892

Who is named Braun

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

94% of people named Braun identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brauns

22 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carol Moseley Braun
American politician and lawyer, born 1947
Nicholas Braun
American actor (born 1988)
Scooter Braun
American talent manager and businessman (born 1981)
Mike Braun
American businessman and politician (born 1954)
Lilian Jackson Braun
American mystery writer (1913-2011)
Christian Braun
American basketball player (born 2001)
Georg Braun
Austrian footballer (1907-1963)
Ryan Braun
American baseball player (born 1983)
Carl Braun
American basketball player and coach (1927-2010)
Max Braun
American tug of war competitor
Tamara Braun
American actress, born 1971
Friedrich Braun
Brazilian basketball player (1941–2025)

Notable Brauns come mostly from the United States (16), Austria (2) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Braun

Braun has the Soundex code B650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B650.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Braun come from?: From German Braun. Doublet of Brown.
How common is the surname Braun?: 34,491 people in the United States had the surname Braun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,951 Americans. It ranked 1,012th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Braun?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Braun identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Braun?: Carol Moseley Braun, American politician and lawyer, followed by Nicholas Braun.
Where is the surname Braun most common?: Wikidata records people named Braun in the United States, Austria and Brazil and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Braun?: Braun is /bɹɑːn/, one syllable.
Is the surname Braun getting more or less common?: More common. 32,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,491 in 2010, up 5.6%.