The Brum surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,197 people carried this name — #20,578 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Brum.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
28 people named Brum live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Brum in American newspapers,
1844–1948.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 78,162 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Brum,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Francisco da Terra Brum 1776–1842 · politician -
Florêncio José Terra Brum 1825–1877 · ship captain -
Florêncio Terra 1858–1941 · writer -
Baltasar Brum 1883–1933 · lawyer -
Alfeo Brum 1889–1972 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 35 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Brum.
- Brugger 2,218 · U.S. census
- Brugnoli 205 · U.S. census
- Bruguier 139 · U.S. census
- Bruhl 433 · U.S. census
- Brule 870 · U.S. census
- Bruley 653 · U.S. census
- Brumm 1,392 · U.S. census
- Brun 2,164 · U.S. census
- Bruna 470 · U.S. census
- Brunache 224 · U.S. census
- Brunck 193 · U.S. census
- Brune 2,711 · U.S. census
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