Braum is a surname. It is an Americanized form of the German surname Brahm, as well as an Ashkenazi Jewish surname which may have originated as a variant of Braun.[1] The 2010 United States Census found 250 people with the surname Braum, making it the 76,768th-most-common name in the country. This represented a decrease from 279 (66,274th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, roughly nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as White.[2]

Braum
Language(s)English or Yiddish variant of German surnames
Origin
Word/nameBrahm or Braun

People and fictional characters with the name include:

References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 219. ISBN 9780199771691.
  2. ^ "How common is your last name?". Newsday. Retrieved 22 February 2020.