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branham Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name, possibly from Bramham in West Yorkshire or Brantham in Suffolk. The first is named with Old English brom ‘broom’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘river meadow’; the second is from the Old English personal name Branta + ham or hamm.

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Distribution of branham Families in the US in 1920
Number of branham families
 121-239
 41-120		 1-40
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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