Bramham

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Bramham (countable and uncountable, plural Bramhams)

1. A village in Bramham cum Oglethorpe parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4243).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bramham is the 140157^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 119 individuals. Bramham is most common among White (82.35%) and Black/African American (13.45%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bramham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 214.