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Braham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called
Braham, in Cambridgeshire and West Yorkshire, both probably named with
Old English brom ‘broom’ + ham ‘homestead’ or
hamm ‘flood plain’, ‘water meadow’.Jewish: reduced
variant of Abraham.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Braham Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Braham families
 20 - 38  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Braham families
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105 - 208 36 - 104 |
1 - 35 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Braham families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Braham census records
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Braham Family Origin
Braham Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Braham
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Braham Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Braham census records
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Braham Civil War Service Records
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