Bramham
English
editEtymology
editPerhaps from Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
editBramham (countable and uncountable, plural Bramhams)
- A village in Bramham cum Oglethorpe parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4243).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bramham is the 140157th 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
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bramham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 214.