The Branham surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,872 people carried this name — #2,599 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 13,550 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
55 families named Branham, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 346 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 12 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 231 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Branham in American newspapers,
1901.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,482 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Branham in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.
36 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Branham. The most, 8, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Branham.
Who carried it
People named Branham,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sara Branham 1888–1962 · physician -
Lucy Gwynne Branham 1892–1966 · suffragist -
William M. Branham 1909–1965 · preacher -
Caroline Branham 1764–1843
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Lucy Harrison 1806–
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Lester P. Branham Jr. 1933–2023 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Branham,
in the records of 3 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States622 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 425
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 158
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
- Sacramento County historic burials 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Roy C. BranhamBorn 1908 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; farm hand from Sumner County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Oliver BranhamBorn 1930; from Pike County, Kentucky. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Susannah BranhamArrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool, aged 37. From England.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 622 records for Branham in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
United Kingdom2 records
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Elizabeth BranhamBuried in 1848 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 57.
MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Showing 1 of 2 records for Branham in the United Kingdom.
Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Australia1 record
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Elizabeth BranhamMarried 1864 in Franklin, Tasmania, aged 30.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Branham.
- Brandner 765 · U.S. census
- Brando 383 · U.S. census
- Brandon 26,284 · U.S. census
- Brandt 36,613 · U.S. census
- Brandy 1,284 · U.S. census
- Branger 106 · U.S. census
- Brann 4,350 · U.S. census
- Brannan 7,452 · U.S. census
- Brannen 4,101 · U.S. census
- Brannon 16,136 · U.S. census
- Branson 11,587 · U.S. census
- Brant 10,886 · U.S. census
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