How common is the surname Brehm?

5,282 people in the United States had the surname Brehm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,452 Americans. It ranked 6,431st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brehm?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brehm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brehm?

Marie C. Brehm, American politician.

Where is the surname Brehm most common?

Wikidata records people named Brehm in the United States.

Is the surname Brehm getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,282 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Brehm

A surname, carried by 5,282 people in the United States.

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). Brehm is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

South German surname, from the noun Bremse (“gadfly”). Also from placenames such as Bremgarten or Bremkamp, where the first element is the archaic *brām (“bramble, broom”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,282 people named Brehm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,452 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,288.

#6,431

rank among US surnames

5,282

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,997)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,422	Gadson	5,291	58,353
#6,423	Lampe	5,290	58,364
#6,424	Koski	5,288	58,386
#6,425	Rager	5,287	58,397
#6,426	Barriga	5,286	58,408
#6,427	Grose	5,285	58,419
#6,429	Simonds	5,284	58,430

Who is named Brehm

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

95% of people named Brehm identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brehms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marie C. Brehm
American politician, 1859–1925

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brehm

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

Questions

Where does the surname Brehm come from?: South German surname, from the noun Bremse (“gadfly”). Also from placenames such as Bremgarten or Bremkamp, where the first element is the archaic *brām (“bramble, broom”).
How common is the surname Brehm?: 5,282 people in the United States had the surname Brehm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,452 Americans. It ranked 6,431st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brehm?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brehm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brehm?: Marie C. Brehm, American politician.
Where is the surname Brehm most common?: Wikidata records people named Brehm in the United States.
Is the surname Brehm getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,282 in 2010, down 0.1%.