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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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Name Distribution of Brehm Families
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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
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Brehm Family Origin
Brehm Immigration Information
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Brehm Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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