Brehm Family History
Brehm Name Meaning
South German: nickname for a restless, cantankerous man, from
Middle High German brem(e) ‘horsefly’, a derivative of
bremen ‘to buzz or grumble’ .German: topographic or
habitational name from a field named with Brem ‘swampy bank’,
simply as Brehm, Brem, or Bräm, or in compounds such as Bremgarten,
Bremkamp. In Switzerland the regular spelling of this name is
Bräm.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brehm
Name Distribution of Brehm Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brehm families
 70 - 138  24 - 69 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brehm families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Brehm last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Brehm Family Origin
Brehm Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brehm
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Brehm Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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