# Brawn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brawn/  
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) | 1,899 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,429 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 162,583 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (1,559 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, probably a variant of Brand. * As a German surname, possibly altered from Braun.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brawn 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brawn in the United Kingdom.

## People named Brawn

- Ross Brawn, British automotive engineer

## Similar surnames

Brown, Braun, Browne, Brian, Brann, Brun, Beran, Bran, Brain, Burian, Brin, Bryan.

## 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.